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US 10,458,507 B2Granted
Front fork
AssigneeKyb Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd.
InventorTakeshi Tomiuga
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Abstract
A front fork includes a fork main body, a damper cartridge, and a closing member. The damper cartridge includes a cylinder, a piston mounted on a piston rod, and a rod guide which guides the piston rod and to which a fluid filling port that allows the outside of the cylinder to communicate with the fluid chamber is provided. The closing member is provided on the rod guide and closes the fluid filling port.
Claims5
A front fork comprising:
- a fork main body having an annular outer tube and an annular inner tube that is inserted into the outer tube such that the inner tube can freely move in an axial direction of the inner tube;
- a damper cartridge having:
- a cylinder which is provided in the fork main body and in which a fluid chamber filled with hydraulic fluid is formed;
- a piston rod that freely moves in the axial direction through the inside of the cylinder;
- a piston that is mounted on the piston rod and partitions the inside of the cylinder into an extension-side chamber and a contraction-side chamber;
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- a rod guide which is mounted on an end of the cylinder and guides the piston rod, the rod guide including a fluid filling port through which the hydraulic fluid passes between an outside of the cylinder and the fluid chamber;
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- a closing member that is provided on the rod guide and maintains the fluid filling port in a closed position while the front fork is in operation so that the hydraulic fluid is not allowed to pass the fluid filling port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.