US 12,515,759 B2 · Front suspension restraint device having cross brace

Abstract

A suspension restraint device can be used for releasably locking a front fork of a motorcycle. The suspension restraint device can include a hold down component and a cross member. The hold down component can include a hold down base and a plurality of a biased retention members (e.g., spring-loaded latching pin assemblies) received within the hold down base, the hold down base extending in a first direction. The cross member can be mounted to the hold down component between a corresponding pair of biased retention assemblies, the cross member extending in a second direction different than the first direction. The cross member and the hold down component can be configured to be further mounted to a motorcycle plastic component. At least one given biased retention assembly can be configured to releasably lock relative to the front fork of the motorcycle.

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Dependent claims

An improved suspension restraint system to releasably lock a front fork of a motorcycle, comprising:

a fork ring arranged to receive a latching pin when the fork ring is coupled or integrated with the front fork of the motorcycle;
a hold down component including a hold down base and at least one latching pin received within the hold down base, the hold down base extending in a first direction;
and
a cross member united with the hold down component, the cross member extending in at least a second direction different than the first direction, the cross member and the hold down component configured to be further mounted to a fork guard of the motorcycle by a plurality of fasteners positioned at vertices of a separation of stress pattern that extends from a center point of the fork guard in the first and second directions, the cross member located proximate the at least one latching pin, a respective portion of the latching pin configured to selectably travel through the motorcycle fork guard and releasably lock into the fork ring.

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An improved motorcycle suspension restraint method, comprising:

compressing a motorcycle's front forks down a path of travel by a first amount, the motorcycle's front forks bearing a fork ring arranged to receive a latching pin, the first amount being sufficient to advance the fork ring below the latching pin;
advancing the latching pin at least partially into the path of travel, wherein the latching pin is contained in a hold down base of an improved suspension restraint device, the hold down base extending in a first direction, the improved suspension restraint device further having a cross member united with the hold down component, the cross member extending in at least a second direction different than the first direction;
releasing the motorcycle's front forks up the path of travel less than the first amount until at least a portion of the latching pin is temporarily held in place by at least a portion of the fork ring;
and
sustaining pressure in a fork guard from tension caused by the latching pin being temporarily held in place, the ability to sustain the pressure being enabled at least in part by a plurality of fasteners positioned at vertices of a separation of stress pattern that extends from a center point of the fork guard in the first and second directions, wherein the cross member and the hold down component are mounted to the fork guard of the motorcycle by the plurality of fasteners.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Front suspension restraint device having cross brace

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Front suspension restraint device having cross brace

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Abstract

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