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US 2006/0076201 A1Published application
Bicycle front suspension device
OwnerHui-Hsiung Cheninventor
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Abstract
A suspension device includes a cap connected to a seal member on the inner tube of the front fork. A cable has one end fixed to a rod and the other end extends through the cap and is connected to a switching device on the handlebar. The rod has an end section which is connected to a frame and the frame is fixed to the suspension device. The rod is lifted by operating the switching device to pull the cable so as to set the suspension device at a locked status.
Claims6
A suspension device comprising:
- a seal member (10) having an open top and a bottom hole (16) defined through a bottom of the seal member (10), a rod (30) extending through the bottom hole (16), a flange (11) extending from an outer periphery of the seal member (10) and adapted to be rested on a top of an inner tube of a front fork, a threaded outer periphery (12) defined in the seal member (10) so as to be adapted to be threadedly fixed to the inner tube (1a);
- a cap (20) having a protrusion (21) and a cable (36) extending through the protrusion (21) and entering the seal member (10), a tubular portion (22) extending from the cap (20) and a plurality of radial blocks (25) extending from an outer periphery of the tubular portion (22) such that the tubular portion (22) is securely engaged with the seal member (10);
- the rod (30) including an end section (31) at a lower end thereof and a first hole (32) defined through the rod (30) and a second hole (33) defined through the end section (31), the cable (36) fixed to the rod (30);
- a frame (40) having a base portion (41) and a protrusion (42) extending from a top of the base portion (41), the end section (31) of the rod (30) connected to the protrusion (42) and the base portion (41) adapted to be connected to the suspension device (B);
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- a spring (46) mounted to the protrusion (42) and biased between the base portion (41) and a washer (47) secured by a C-shaped clip (372) engaged with a groove (303) defined in the rod (30).
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