Position-sensitive shock absorber
AssigneeArctic Cat Inc.
InventorsDouglas K. Braswell, Del R. Nelson, Brian W. Dick
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Abstract
A position-sensitive shock absorbing device with a single cast body construction is provided. The device has a tubular member, a moveable piston within the tubular member, a first hydraulic fluid chamber defined by an interior volume of the tubular member, a bypass member attached to an outside area of the tubular member. The bypass member surrounds a portion of the tubular member and a second hydraulic fluid chamber is defined by a volume between the tubular member and the bypass member. A first and a second opening in a side of the tubular member are arranged such that the openings are fluidly connected with each other and with both the first and second hydraulic fluid chamber.
Claims6
A shock absorbing device comprising:
- a cylindrical member having a cylindrical wall that is an outer wall of said shock absorbing device;
- a moveable piston within said cylindrical member;
- a hydraulic fluid chamber defined by an interior volume of said cylindrical member;
- a first and a second opening in a side of said cylindrical member;
- a bypass member formed on an outside area of said cylindrical member;
- a bypass channel that communicates with said hydraulic fluid chamber through said first and second openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.