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US 10,351,206 B2Granted
Vehicle terrain-tracking systems
OwnerDarrell W. Vossinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to terrain-tracking or vehicle suspension systems that include travel at least one of the front or the rear of the vehicle. Various embodiments include a suspension above the vehicle (upper suspension). Embodiments include a suspension or travel in at least one of t he upper vehicle (rear and/or front), middle vehicle (rear and/or front), or below vehicle (rear and/or front). Various embodiments included a combination thereof.
Claims18
A vehicle that includes:
- a frame;
- a head tube fixedly coupled to the frame;
- a front wheel mounting assembly that is coupled to the frame and is configured and arranged to couple a front wheel to the vehicle;
- a first steerer tube fixedly coupled to the front wheel assembly and positioned at least partially within the head tube;
- a handlebar member that is coupled to the frame and is configured and arranged to provide a point of contact between a hand of a rider and the vehicle;
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- a front ground-tracking system configured to, in response to a vehicle load, provide a relative translation between the frame and the front wheel mounting assembly along a first axis and a relative movement between the handlebar-member and the frame about a second axis that is substantially transverse to the first axis, the relative translation correlated with the relative movement and comprising a substantially linear movement of the first steerer tube along the first axis within the head tube.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a head tube;
- a concentric steerer tube configuration that includes at least a first steer tube internally concentric to, and translationally moveable within, a second steer tube, at least a portion of the concentric steerer tube configuration positioned within the head tube;
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- a stem coupled to both the first steer tube and the second steer tube and configured to correlate an angular movement of the stem relative to the concentric steerer tube configuration with a translational movement of the first steer tube within the second steer tube.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a frame that includes a head member;
- a front wheel mounting assembly configured and arranged to couple a front wheel to the vehicle, at least a portion of the front wheel mounting assembly received by the head member of the frame such that the front wheel is steerably coupled to the frame;
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- a front suspension system comprising:
- a fork steer tube fixed to the front wheel mounting assembly and at least partially disposed within the head member;
- a head steer tube concentrically arranged around the fork steer tube and at least partially disposed within the head member;
- a stem coupled to both the fork steer tube and the head steer tube and configured to correlate an angular movement of the stem relative to the head steer tube with a translational movement of the fork steer tube within the head steer tube;
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- a biasing member at least partially disposed within the head member that is configured and arranged to bias a relative travel between the frame and the front wheel mounting assembly by biasing translational movement of the fork steer tube within the head steer tube
- wherein a suspension travel comprises the translational movement of the fork steer tube within the head steer tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.