Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cycle wheel suspension assembly having gas pistons with unequal gas piston areas
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Application No.: US16159069Application Date: 2018-10-12
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Publication No.: US11230346B2Publication Date: 2022-01-25
- Inventor: David Weagle
- Applicant: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Morgan Hill
- Assignee: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.
- Current Assignee: SPECIALIZED BICYCLE COMPONENTS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Morgan Hill
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: B62K25/08
- IPC: B62K25/08 ; B62K25/06 ; B62K25/24 ; B62K25/02 ; B62K25/22

Abstract:
A suspension assembly for a cycle having improved stability includes a steering fork having a steering axis, a first arm, and a second arm, each of the first arm and the second arm having a fixed pivot and a shock pivot, the space between the first arm and the second arm defining a wheel opening. A shock link has a shock link fixed pivot and a shock link floating pivot. A shock absorber has a shock gas spring comprising a shock spring body a shock gas piston having a first gas piston area, a spring unit has a spring gas spring comprising a spring body and a spring gas piston having a second gas piston area. The first gas piston area is not equal to the second gas piston area. A mechanical trail distance increases as the suspension assembly compresses relative to a fully extended state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200094907A1 CYCLE WHEEL SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY HAVING GAS PISTONS WITH UNEQUAL GAS PISTON AREAS Public/Granted day:2020-03-26
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