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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120007327 | BICYCLE WITH SUSPENSION A bicycle can include a suspension system with a shock absorber. The shock absorber can have a sag position which can be adjustable. Sag refers to the amount of movement experienced by the suspension under a static load, such as that of the weight of a rider. Methods an... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110278118 | Apparatus for Modularly Adjusting Shock Absorber An apparatus for modularly adjusting a shock absorber includes a base, a plurality of pins, and a selecting mechanism. The pins are connected to the base. The selecting mechanism can select at least one of the pins to control at least one valve of the shock absorber.... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110266801 | SHOCK ABSORBER ELECTRICAL GENERATOR The shock absorber electrical generator includes a piston adapted for reciprocating motion within a cylindrical piston chamber as a vehicle's suspension system deflects. A working fluid is contained within the piston chamber. During the compression stroke of the piston,... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110214955 | SHOCK ABSORBER A shock absorber includes a first passage and a second passage to which a working fluid flows out from one chamber in a cylinder by movement of a piston, a damping valve installed on the first passage and configured to regulate a flow of the working fluid caused by slid... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110209955 | SHOCK STRUT WITH PRESSURE RELIEF A shock strut includes a relief device that reduces the internal pressure within a sealed chamber of the shock strut when a load condition that exceeds a maximum operating load condition is encountered. The reduced pressure permits a telescopically moving piston of the ... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110209957 | SHOCK ABSORBER A piston coupled with a piston rod is inserted in a cylinder sealingly containing operating fluid. A substantially circular outer seat, an inner seat, disk support portions, an intermediate seat are provided on the lower end surface of the piston. The disk support porti... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110209956 | SHOCK ABSORBER A piston connected to a piston rod is fitted in a cylinder having a hydraulic oil sealed therein. Flows of hydraulic oil induced in extension and compression passages and by sliding movement of the piston are controlled by extension and compression damping force generat... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110203888 | PRESSURE REGULATOR FOR SHOCK ABSORBER VALVE The invention relates to a pressure regulator (1) in a shock absorber valve. The pressure regulator (1) comprises an axially movable first valve part (4) and a first seat (3), which are arranged in a valve housing (2) in such a way tha... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110198172 | DAMPING FORCE VARIABLE VALVE OF A SHOCK ABSORBER Provided is a damping force variable valve of a shock absorber. The damping force variable valve of the shock absorber includes: a retainer formed with an inflow passage into which a working fluid is introduced from the shock absorber; a valve body disposed behind the r... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110198173 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCAPSULATING FLUID IN A SHOCK ABSORBER AND A SHOCK ABSORBER MANUFACTURED THEREBY Disclosed is a fluid encapsulating apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a fluid injection nozzle for injecting gas and oil into a tube of the shock absorber through a fluid injection aperture formed in the tube; a position securing mechanism supporting a seal un... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110186394 | Piston-Cylinder Unit Piston-cylinder unit with a work cylinder filled with a fluid, a hollow piston rod displaceably arranged in the work cylinder along a longitudinal axis and a connection element at an end located outside the work cylinder and in the work cylinder, a piston that divides t... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110147148 | HYDROPNEUMATIC TELESCOPIC STRUT FOR A BICYCLE Hydropneumatic telescopic strut for a bicycle possesses a shock absorber (2) that possesses a damper cylinder (3), a damper piston (7) arranged such that it can be displaced in said damper cylinder (3) and a damper piston rod (10) with... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110139557 | SHOCK ABSORBER HAVING A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE VALVE WITH BASE LINE VALVING A shock absorber includes an external control valve which controls the damping characteristics of the shock absorber. The external control valve controls the flow of fluid between the lower working chamber of the shock absorber and the reservoir chamber and between the ... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110127706 | DAMPERS FOR MOUNTAIN BIKES An apparatus of a damper (46) for a bicycle comprising a housing defining a chamber, and a piston, movable in the chamber along a first direction. The apparatus further comprises a controllable means to vary the resistance to movement of the piston in the chamber... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110083930 | SELF-REGULATING SUSPENSION A self-regulating suspension includes a first suspension member movable relative to a second suspension member, a fluid reservoir having a volume, the volume variable in response to a relative movement between the first and second suspension members, and a fluid flow ci... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110079476 | HYDRAULIC DAMPER SPOOL VALVE A hydraulic valve includes a main body, a valve body, a piston, a valve sleeve, a spool and a resilient energy storage member. The valve body and the piston are disposed within the main body. The valve body defines a first chamber, a second chamber, and a cylindrical pa... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110073424 | DAMPING FORCE CONTROL TYPE SHOCK ABSORBER The flow of hydraulic fluid induced by sliding movement of a piston in a cylinder is controlled by a pilot-type main valve and a pilot valve, which is a pressure control valve, thereby generating damping force. By thrust from a solenoid actuator, the valve-opening press... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110056784 | Snubber with Secondary Fluid Reservoir Methods and systems for preventing vacuums within a snubber during a predetermined condition are disclosed. The snubber includes a body at least partially filled with fluid, a piston capable of sliding within the fluid in the body, a lockup valve that allows the piston ... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110042174 | Oscillation Damper Having a Backpack Valve A hydraulic oscillation damper has a piston rod with a piston that is inserted into a damper tube filled with damping fluid, and divides the damper tube into first and second working chambers. First and second continuously adjustable damping valves are disposed in a com... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110036672 | ELASTIC CONNECTION ELEMENT WITH VARIABLE RIGIDITY An elastic connection element with variable rigidity for coupling together components that are spaced from each other. The connection element is a tubular component with coupling points which fix the components to the element. The rigidity of the element, in the state o... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20100326780 | Hydraulic Shock Absorber In a hydraulic shock absorber, a damping force generating device is provided between a piston side oil chamber and a rod side oil chamber of a cylinder, and in a compression stroke, a compression side flow path for circulating oil in the piston side oil chamber of the c... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100307329 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING A VEHICLE SHIELD A shock absorber system for use with a vehicle having a shield to reduce the effects of a shock event.... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100300822 | HYDRAULIC VARIABLE SHOCK ABSORBER WITH FLOW CONTROL VALVE The control valve is applied to a shock absorber, which comprises: a pressure tube (10); a piston (14) dividing the pressure tube (10) in compression and traction chambers (CC, CT) communicating with each other through the piston (14); a hydr... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100282554 | Multi-chamber impact absorption system to protect individual A multi-chamber impact absorption system protects an individual by providing a bladder including a plurality of adjacent compressible fluid filled chambers.... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100175959 | BICYCLE FORK HAVING LOCK-OUT, BLOW-OFF, AND ADJUSTABLE BLOW-OFF THRESHOLD A bicycle fork includes a pair of fork leg assemblies, each of the leg assemblies having an upper leg telescopingly engaged with a lower leg. A damping assembly is provided in at least one of the legs. The damping assembly includes lock-out and blow-off compression circ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100101904 | ADAPTIVE DAMPING MAIN STAGE VALVE A vehicle suspension component includes a shock absorber movable between rebound and compression positions and an external valve in fluid communication with the shock absorber to control shock absorber stiffness. The external valve has a valve housing, a piston received... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100078277 | Valve Assembly for Damper between a Lower Chamber and a Compensation Chamber in the Damper A valve assembly is provided. The valve assembly includes a valve sliding in a valve holder and a base. The valve holder is held by the base by a resilient holding mechanism, the valve holder is mobile with respect to the base between a compression position and an expan... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100071969 | TRAVELING MECHANISM FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINES AND OFF-ROAD VEHICLES HAVING AN ENDLESS BELT-BAND TRAVELING GEAR AND A CORRESPONDING BELT-BAND TRAVELING GEAR The invention relates to a spring-suspended, bearing force-optimized belt-band traveling gear (10) for ground vehicles, particularly for self-propelled agricultural machines and other off-road vehicles, comprising at least two outer deflection rollers (14, 15,... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100044172 | DAMPING FORCE VARIABLE VALVE OF SHOCK ABSORBER A damping force variable valve includes a retainer including a main body connected at a central region thereof to a high pressure region of a shock absorber cylinder, the main body having an outer diameter increased outwards, and a spool rod formed integrally with the m... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100044975 | VEHICLE SUSPENSION DAMPER A vehicle suspension damper for providing a variable damping rate. The vehicle suspension damper comprises a first damping mechanism having a variable first threshold pressure, a second damping mechanism having a second threshold pressure, and a compressible chamber in ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100006383 | DAMPING FORCE VARIABLE VALVE AND SHOCK ABSORBER INCLUDING THE SAME A damping force variable valve includes a retainer having a main body connected at a central portion thereof to a high pressure part or portion of a shock absorber and having an outer peripheral region enlarging outwardly, and a spool rod integrally extending from the c... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090322054 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUSPENSION DAMPING WITH REDUCED CAVITATION AND EFFECTS A method and apparatus for reducing cavitation and its effects in a damper. The damper includes a flow dividing structure. In one embodiment, the structure is disposed in a valve including an annular flow path constructed and arranged to separate fluid into substantiall... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090288924 | HYDRAULIC VIBRATION DAMPER PISTON WITH AN INTEGRAL ELECTRICALLY OPERATED ADJUSTMENT VALVE A vibration damper piston includes a piston body with a bore from which first and second apertures respectively provide paths to first and second chambers of the vibration damper. A valve spool in the bore defines a pilot chamber and controls fluid flow between the firs... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090236807 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING VEHICLES Embodiments of the invention generally relate to methods and apparatus for use in vehicle suspension. Particular embodiments of the invention relate to methods and apparatus useful for variable spring rate and/or variable damping rate vehicle suspension. In one embodime... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090236193 | DAMPING VALVE FOR A HYDRAULIC SHOCK ABSORBER The invention relates to a flow-control valve (1) for a hydraulic shock absorber. Components of the basic structure of the flow-control valve (1) are an axially movable slide (5) having a body (6) and a valve sle... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090095586 | FLUID DAMPER A fluid damper, in particular for damping the movement of parts of furniture such as a drawer or a door, includes a cylinder (2) and a piston (5) linearly displaceable within the cylinder (2). The piston (5) has a plate stopper (3) at ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090026030 | Shock absorber staged valving system A shock absorber piston assembly includes a shock absorber piston having a first face and an opposed second face. A plurality of fluid passages extend between the first face and the second face. A plurality of valves attach to the piston, including: at least two rebound... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20090014266 | Adjustable fluid friction valve The present invention is an adjustable fluid friction valve. It is comprised of a left cap, a casing, a right cap, a fluid reservoir, a rotated-member, a stem, and an adjustment grip. The adjustment grip is turned by the user's hand and connects to and turns the central... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20080190719 | VARIABLE DAMPING FORCE VALVE OF SHOCK ABSORBER A variable damping force valve of a shock absorber includes a variable valve for varying damping force by a plurality of flow passages connected to the shock absorber and a solenoid actuator for actuating the variable valve. The variable valve and the solenoid actuator ... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080179148 | Multistage Jounce Bumper A multistage jounce bumper, including a jounce bumper cushion integrated with a hydraulic jounce bumper, wherein provided are the damping characteristic of the hydraulic jounce bumper and the damping/spring characteristics of a jounce bumper cushion. The hydraulic jounc... | 07/31/2008 |
