Telescopic suspension device fitted with a pretension tracking system
AssigneeDecathlon
InventorsRémi Lozac'h, Sylvain Giovannetti, Antoine Biloe
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Abstract
Telescopic suspension device (10) attached to the hub (422) of a wheel (424) of the type comprising a first tube (12), a second tube (14) sliding relative to the first tube and a main spring (34) arranged inside said tubes, and further comprising a pretension adjustment stopper (18) of the spring (34) installed at the upper end (16) of said first tube. The suspension device comprises a pretension tracking system (39) of the spring, representative of the weight of the user, connected to the stopper (18).
Claims9
A telescopic suspension device configured to be attached to the hub of a wheel comprising a first tube, a second tube configured to slide relative to the first tube and a main spring arranged inside said first and second tubes, and further comprising a pretension adjustment stopper of the main spring installed at an upper end of said first tube, wherein the pretension adjustment stopper of the main spring comprises a pretension tracking system of the main spring located within said pretension adjustment stopper and configured to convey information representative of the weight of the user.
A telescopic suspension device configured to be attached to the hub of a wheel comprising a first tube, a second tube configured to slide relative to the first tube and a main spring arranged inside said first and second tubes, and further comprising a pretension adjustment stopper of the main spring installed at an upper end of said first tube, wherein the pretension adjustment stopper of the main spring comprises a pretension tracking system of the main spring configured to convey information representative of the weight of the user, wherein said pretension adjustment stopper comprises a body fixed to the upper end of the first tube, wherein said body houses a plunger threaded externally and screwed into a tapped inner portion of the body, wherein said plunger is supported against one end of the main spring, and wherein an actuation button is rotatably mounted at an end of the body and rotatably coupled to said plunger by a sliding arrangement having a longitudinal groove and a longitudinal rib.
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