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US 8,740,238 B2Granted
Fiber-reinforced wrapped handlebar-steered suspension fork
AssigneeSram, LLC
InventorCraig S. Mickelson
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Abstract
A handlebar-steered suspension fork that includes an outer tube and an inner tube reciprocally slidable within the outer tube. The outer tube includes at least one radial load region and at least one transition region. A fiber-reinforced material is wrapped about at least one of the outer tube radial load regions and not wrapped about at least one of the outer tube transitions regions.
Claims8
A handlebar-steered suspension fork comprising:
- an outer tube;
- an inner tube reciprocally slidable within the outer tube,
- the outer tube including at least one radial load region and at least one transition region;
- and
- a fiber-reinforced material wrapped about at least one of the outer tube radial load regions, the fiber-reinforced material not wrapped about at least one of the outer tube transition regions.
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A handlebar-steered suspension fork comprising:
- an outer tube;
- an inner tube reciprocally slidable within the outer tube,
- the outer tube including at least one radial load region and at least one transition region;
- and
- a fiber-reinforced material wrapped about each of the outer tube radial load regions, the fiber-reinforced material not wrapped about at least one of the outer tube transition regions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.