Land vehicles – Wheeled – Occupant propelled type
Patent
1991-04-03
1993-02-16
Hill, Mitchell J.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Occupant propelled type
188 2419, 188269, 267217, 267226, 280279, 280710, B62K 2508
Patent
active
051864819
ABSTRACT:
In accordance with a preferred embodiment, a front fork wheel suspension of a bicycle has two telescoping suspension assemblies, one on each leg of the front fork. Each of the suspension assemblies includes a pair of telescoping tubes having a hydraulic fluid and an airspace therein, as well as a spring-loaded valve which regulates the flow of hydraulic fluid between the two tubes of the telescoping assembly. To control the point at which the assemblies change from a rigid, locked condition, in which the valve plate is closed, to a shock absorbing, telescopically displaceable condition, in which the valve plate is open, an adjustor rod is provided by which the degree of precompression of the valve spring can be changed. Furthermore, in order to improve the rigidity of the fork, the cross member interconnecting the lower tubes of the suspension assemblies has a compound cross-sectional shape which goes from circular cross section at a U-bend portion into a rectangular cross section at straight, leg portions thereof.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4807860 (1989-02-01), Simons
patent: 4971344 (1990-11-01), Turner
Unknown "1954" publication, p. 180.
Hill Mitchell J.
Rockshox, Inc.
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