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US 2007/0176392 A1Published application
Motorcycle provided with a steering damper
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGeorg Schiffer, Gerrit Heyl, Jens Priese
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Abstract
Motorcycle having a steerable front wheel and a steering damper filled with a rheological fluid provided for damping steering movements of the front wheel.
Claims14
A motorcycle, comprising:
- a frame;
- a steerable front wheel rotatably coupled to the frame;
- and
- a steering damper coupled to the frame and arranged to dampen steering movements of the front wheel relative to the frame,
- wherein the steering damper is a fluid damper containing a rheological damping fluid.
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A motorcycle steering damper, comprising:
- a steering damper body;
- a fluid damping assembly housed within the steering damper body;
- and
- a rheological damping fluid in the steering damper body which passes at least one of through or around the fluid damping assembly to dampen motion of the fluid damping assembly relative to the steering damper body,
- wherein the steering damper body and the fluid damping assembly are adapted to be coupled between a frame of a motorcycle and a steerable front wheel of the motorcycle to dampen steering movements of the front wheel relative to the frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.