Vehicle and vehicle suspension
OwnerHoward Hooseinventor
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Abstract
A vehicle and vehicle suspension including a number of shock chambers to provide different levels of incrementally increasing shock absorption/cushioning. The suspension includes a shock tube having a first end and a second end; a first member telescopically receiving the first end of the shock tube; a first piston coupled to the first member and sealingly received in the first end of the shock tube; a second member telescopically receiving the second end of the shock tube; and a second piston coupled to the second member and sealingly received in the second end of the shock tube. The first and second pistons form at least one shock tube sealed chamber in the shock tube, and the first member and second member are distanced from one another by the shock tube.
Claims12
A suspension for a vehicle comprising:
- a first shock tube having a first end and a second end;
- a second shock tube telescopically and sealingly received in the first shock tube, the second shock tube having a first end and a second end;
- a first housing telescopically and sealingly receiving the first end of the first shock tube to form a first shock chamber;
- a first piston coupled to the first housing and sealingly received in the first end of the second shock tube;
- an intermediate piston fixedly mounted relative to the first shock tube by an intermediate piston positioner, the intermediate piston extending into the second end of the second shock tube to form a second shock chamber with the first piston;
- a second housing telescopically and sealingly receiving the second end of the first shock tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.