BICYCLE FORK SUSPENSION HAVING A SINGLE PRIMARY COMPRESSION SPRING SYSTEM
    2.
    发明公开
    BICYCLE FORK SUSPENSION HAVING A SINGLE PRIMARY COMPRESSION SPRING SYSTEM 失效
    与单个主弹簧系统自行车叉悬架

    公开(公告)号:EP0932545A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-04

    申请号:EP98931480.0

    申请日:1998-06-23

    申请人: ROCKSHOX, INC.

    IPC分类号: B62K25 F16F1

    CPC分类号: B62K25/08

    摘要: A bicycle suspension fork (10) having a primary compression spring assembly (50) positioned in only one of the fork legs (14, 16). A load distributing assembly (52) is positioned in at least one of the fork legs (14, 16) in order to distribute loads transmitted to the fork (10) during a compression stroke. Thus, asymmetrical loading that would occur from the presence of only one compression spring assembly (50) on only one side of the fork is decreased if not completely eliminated. The load distributing assembly (52) preferably is arranged such that it begins load distribution during the last one-half, and most preferably the last one-third of compression stoke travel. A preferred embodiment of the load distributing assembly (52) includes a load distributing spring (80) and a load distributing spring spacer (82).

    ADJUSTABLE GAS SPRING SUSPENSION SYSTEM
    3.
    发明公开
    ADJUSTABLE GAS SPRING SUSPENSION SYSTEM 失效
    可调气弹簧悬挂装置

    公开(公告)号:EP0923487A1

    公开(公告)日:1999-06-23

    申请号:EP98931726.0

    申请日:1998-06-29

    申请人: ROCKSHOX, INC.

    IPC分类号: B62K25 F16F9

    摘要: A suspension system (10) for a bicycle or other vehicle or apparatus, the system including at least one telescoping strut comprising a first telescoping member (12) and a second telescoping member (14), the first and second telescoping members being telescopingly and coaxially engaged with each other so that the strut is compressible by relative movement of the telescoping members toward each other and expandable by relative movement away from each other. A piston (16) may be interconnected with the second telescoping member and slidably positioned within the first telescoping member. The piston separates a primary compression spring chamber into two gas chambers (30, 34) connected by an adjustable port, whereby compression or expansion of the strut creates a damping force that resists such relative movement of the telescoping members, resulting in the primary compression spring having a frequency-sensitive spring rate. The crack force, spring rate and other characteristics of the suspension system may be adjusted using a piston location adjuster to adjust the piston height, and/or a negative preload spring to apply a compressive preload force to the telescoping strut.

    WAVE DAMPENER FOR FLOATING STRUCTURES
    5.
    发明公开
    WAVE DAMPENER FOR FLOATING STRUCTURES 失效
    波的衰减SYSTEM FOR浮动结构体

    公开(公告)号:EP0865376A1

    公开(公告)日:1998-09-23

    申请号:EP96941899.0

    申请日:1996-11-26

    申请人: Olsen, Fred

    IPC分类号: B63B39 E02B3

    摘要: PCT No. PCT/NO96/00279 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 16, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 16, 1998 PCT Filed Nov. 26, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/20729 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 12, 1997A dampening device for dampening the vertical wave-induced motion component of a floating structure. The dampener projects in the form of a skirt down below the bottom of the floating structure (11) and consists of a plurality of channels (47) which extend substantially horizontally and converge from an inlet opening (27, 28, 36, 37, 38) to an outlet opening (16, 46) leading away from the floating structure (11). When the structure (11) moves downwards water is forced from the underside through the channels (47) and creates a jet effect which acts with dampening effect on the vertical motion of the structure. The dampening device may also be made in the form of an outwardly projecting skirt on the floating structure and consist of a plurality of channels (17), where a number of first passages (27, 28) extend in a substantially vertical direction and merge into a number of second passages (29) which extend in an at least substantially horizontal direction, and thereby force the water from a substantially vertical direction of motion, through the first passages (27, 28), into a horizontal direction of motion through the second passages (29) during a part of the passage through the dampener (12). A combination of the two dampeners, in that the dampener (12) is located immediately above the dampener (13) is also possible.