Multi-linking, rockered rear suspension system for two-wheeled vehicles
OwnerGreg M. Parigianinventor
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Abstract
A rear suspension system for two-wheeled vehicles having a generally triangular configuration includes first and second spaced apart support axle plates having aligned apertures that receive an axle of a rear wheel of the vehicle. An upper arm assembly is pivotally connected between a vehicle frame and the first and second support plates. A lower arm assembly is pivotally connected at a first end to the first and second support axle plates. First and second control arms are pivotally connected to a pivot arm assembly, a second end of the lower arm assembly, and to the upper arm assembly. A shock unit is associated with a lower arm assembly or pivot arm assembly at one end, and to the vehicle frame at the opposite end.
Claims13
A rear suspension system for two-wheeled vehicles, comprising:
- first and second spaced apart and parallel support axle plates;
- an upper arm assembly pivotally connected at a first end to a vehicle frame and at a second end to the first and second support axle plates;
- first and second control arms pivotally connected at their respective first ends to the upper arm assembly;
- a lower arm assembly pivotally connected at a first end to the first and second support axle plates and pivotally connected at a second end to second ends of the first and second control arms;
- a pivot arm assembly pivotally connected at a first end to the vehicle frame and pivotally connected at a second end thereof to the first and second control arms;
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- a compressible shock unit associated at one end thereof with the lower arm assembly or pivot arm assembly and connected at the opposite end thereof to the vehicle frame.
A rear suspension system for two-wheeled vehicles, comprising:
- first and second spaced apart and parallel support axle plates having aligned apertures configured to receive an axle of a rear wheel of the two-wheeled vehicle;
- an upper arm assembly including a base pivotally connected to the vehicle frame, a first elongated arm extending from the base to a pivotal connection point at the first support axle plate, and a second elongated arm extending from the base generally parallel to the first arm to a pivotal connection point at the second support axle plate;
- first and second control arms pivotally connected at their respective first ends to the upper arm assembly;
- a lower arm assembly including a base connected to second ends of the first and second control arms, a first elongated arm extending from the base to a pivotal connection point at the first support axle plate, and a second elongated arm extending from the base generally parallel to the first arm to a pivotal connection point at the second support axle plate;
- a pivot arm assembly pivotally connected at a first end to the vehicle frame and pivotally connected at a second end thereof to the first and second control arms intermediate the ends thereof;
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- a compressible shock unit associated at one end thereof with the lower arm assembly or pivot arm assembly and connected at the opposite end thereof to the vehicle frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.