Suspension arrangement for a bicycle
AssigneeSram, LLC
InventorTIMOTHY LYNCH
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Abstract
A suspension component for a bicycle is provided. The suspension component may include a first positive chamber, a piston movable through the first positive chamber along an axis from a first position to a second position in a compression direction, and a positive chamber passage in fluid communication with the first positive chamber with the piston in the first position, and separated from fluid communication with the first positive chamber with the piston in the second position. A second positive chamber may be provided in fluid communication with the positive chamber passage, wherein the second positive chamber is at least in part overlapping the first positive chamber in a radial dimension relative to the axis.
Claims20
A suspension component for a bicycle, the suspension component comprising:
- a first positive chamber;
- a piston movable through the first positive chamber along an axis from a first position to a second position in a compression direction;
- a positive chamber passage in fluid communication with the first positive chamber with the piston in the first position, and separated from fluid communication with the first positive chamber with the piston in the second position;
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- a second positive chamber in fluid communication with the positive chamber passage, wherein the second positive chamber is disposed at least in part overlapping the first positive chamber in a radial dimension relative to the axis.
A suspension component for a bicycle, the suspension component comprising:
- a positive chamber;
- a negative chamber;
- a piston movable along an axis in a compression direction, the piston comprising:
- a first seal;
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- a second seal spaced apart from the first seal along the axis, wherein at least one of the first seal and the second seal is operable to fluidly separate the positive chamber and the negative chamber;
- a bypass device, the bypass device comprising:
- a first bypass feature;
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- a second bypass feature spaced apart from the first bypass feature along the axis, wherein the first bypass feature and the second bypass feature cooperate to selectively permit fluid communication between the positive chamber and the negative chamber throughout travel of the piston along the axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.