Front fork
AssigneeHitachi Astemo, Ltd.
InventorIsao Morishita
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Abstract
A front fork includes a tubular outer tube, a tubular inner tube which is provided inside the outer tube and is relatively movably connected to the outer tube, and a connecting member which connects a wheel and the inner tube. The inner tube has a first contact portion which has a first surface and comes into contact with the connecting member. The connecting member includes a second contact portion having a second surface and coming into contact with the first contact portion and a space forming portion which forms a space in an axial direction in a state where the first surface of the first contact portion and the second surface of the second contact portion are in contact with each other.
Claims15
A front fork, comprising:
- a tubular outer tube which is provided on one side, which is a side on which a steering unit is arranged in an axial direction;
- a tubular inner tube which is provided on the other side, which is a side on which a wheel is arranged in the axial direction, and inside the outer tube and is relatively movably connected to the outer tube;
- and
- a connecting member which connects the wheel and the inner tube, wherein
- the inner tube includes a first contact portion which has a first surface facing the other side and an end surface provided at an end of the inner tube on the other side, said first surface being located further on the one side than the end surface in the axial direction,
- the first contact portion is configured to contact the connecting member, and
- the connecting member includes:
- a second contact portion having a second surface facing the one side, which is an end surface provided in an end on the one side of the connecting member, and coming into contact with the first contact portion;
- and
- a space forming portion which forms a space against the end surface of the inner tube in the axial direction in a state where the first surface of the first contact portion and the second surface of the second contact portion are in contact with each other.
A front fork, comprising:
- a first tubular member which is provided on one side, which is a side on which a steering unit is arranged in an axial direction;
- a second tubular member which is coaxially provided with the first tubular member on the other side, which is a side on which a wheel is arranged in the axial direction, and is relatively movably connected to the first tubular member;
- and
- a connecting member which connects the wheel and the second tubular member, wherein
- the second tubular member includes a first contact portion which has a first surface facing the other side and an end surface provided at an end of the second tubular member on the other side, said first surface being located further on the one side than the end surface in the axial direction,
- the first contact portion is configured to contact the connecting member, and
- the connecting member includes:
- a second contact portion having a second surface facing the one side, which is an end surface provided in an end on the one side of the connecting member, and coming into contact with the first contact portion;
- and
- a space forming portion which forms a space against the end surface of the second tubular member in the axial direction in a state where the first surface of the first contact portion and the second surface of the second contact portion are in contact with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.