Front suspension structure
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinji Ito, Toshiyuki Iwai
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Abstract
An attachment stay is fixed to corresponding fork pipes, a shaft is inserted between through holes of respective attachment stays, one end of a cushion arm is rotatably supported on the shaft via a ball bearing and a needle bearing, and a lower end of a shock absorber is rotatably attached to a middle section of the cushion arm to provide a front suspension structure offering a high degree of freedom during assembly of the cushion arm.
Claims17
A front suspension structure comprising:
- a front fork having right and left fork pipes;
- a cushion arm attachment stay attached to each of said right and left fork pipes;
- a cushion arm for oscillating in response to a vertical motion transmitted from said front fork;
- a top bridge and a bottom bridge;
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- a shock absorber, wherein said front fork and said shock absorber are separate components with an upper end of the shock absorber linked to a top bridge side, and a lower end of the shock absorber linked to said cushion arm, the cushion arm swingably supported between said cushion arm attachment stays via a shaft.
A front suspension support structure connected to a steering system of a motorcycle, said front suspension structure comprising:
- a top bridge attached to an upper end of the steering system;
- a bottom bridge attached to a lower end of the steering system;
- an upper part of a front fork supported by the top bridge and the bottom bridge, and a lower end of the front fork is connected to an arm holder;
- a first end of an axle support arm is swingably attached to an axle of a front wheel of the motorcycle;
- cushion arm attachment stays attached to said front fork;
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- a cushion arm, swingably supported between said cushion arm attachment stays and linking a lower end of a shock absorber via a shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.