Rear suspension system for a bicycle
AssigneeYeti Cycling, LLC
InventorSteven W. Hoogendoorn
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Abstract
A bicycle may include a rear suspension system to absorb forces impacting on the bicycle by allowing a rear wheel of the bicycle to be displaced relative to the bicycle frame. Upon displacement of the rear wheel, the rear suspension system allows the rear wheel to move from a general first position to a second position, and then acts to return the rear wheel to the general first position. The rear suspension system may be adjusted in some versions to affect the travel path of the rear wheel as well as the leverage ratio curve to suit the rider's preference. The bicycle may include a rear frame couple with a front frame through first and second pivot translating assemblies, the orientations and/or shapes of which affect the rear wheel path as well as the leverage ratios.
Claims12
A bicycle comprising:
- a frame;
- a rear suspension system comprising:
- at least one swingable member connected to the frame by at least one first link;
- a rear sprocket assembly operatively connected to the frame and the at least one swingable member;
- at least one second link coupled with at least one guide member and pivotally connected with the at least one swingable member so as to allow the at least one swingable member to swing;
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- at least one shock assembly operatively associated with the at least one second link;
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- the second link is slideable along the at least one guide member so as to form a pivot translating assembly providing a translational pivoting of the at least one swingable member relative to the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.