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US 2026/0138704 A1Published application
Air Spring Extender
AssigneeEko Sport, Inc.
InventorsSean Mailen, Noah Sears
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Abstract
A suspension system includes an air spring. The air spring includes a chamber that extends on both sides of a crown. An extended cap may be attached to a stanchion. A valve may be incorporated into the cap, and the valve may be contained within the volume of the cap. An extender may be positioned between the stanchion and the cap. The cap, the extension, and the stanchion may contact a shoulder within a cavity through the crown.
Claims20
A shock absorber, comprising:
- a cap configured to attach to the top end of a stanchion and having an interior volume of at least 6 ml.
A shock absorber, comprising:
- a cap configured to be assembled to a stanchion and having a cap length and an open end surface and defining an aperture spaced from the open end surface;
- and
- a spring control positioned in the aperture and having a spring control length;
- wherein the cap length is the greatest longitudinal distance between a plane defined by the open end surface of the cap and a plane defined by the points on the cap the furthest from the plane of the open end;
- wherein the spring control length is the distance between a top surface of the spring control and a bottom surface of the spring control;
- and
- wherein the cap length is greater than the spring control length.
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A shock absorber, comprising:
- a crown;
- having
- an aperture with an inward-projecting shoulder;
- and
- a top surface adjacent the aperture;
- an annular stanchion positioned in the aperture in contact with a first side of the shoulder;
- an annular extender having a first end and a second end, the first end attached to the stanchion and in contact with at least a second side of the shoulder;
- and
- a top face attached to the second end of the extender and having an interior surface;
- wherein at least a portion of the interior surface of the top face is longitudinally spaced above the crown top surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.