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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7967117 | Suspension spring adjusting apparatus of hydraulic shock absorber In a suspension spring adjusting apparatus of a hydraulic shock absorber, a mounting structure of a motor to a spring adjusting case is constituted by a three-point support structure in a plan view including a motor shaft of the motor. ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7870936 | Bicycle suspension system A bicycle suspension system including a travel adjustment apparatus. The bicycle suspension system includes a piston tube and a piston assembly slidably disposed in the piston tube forming a shock-absorbing mechanism. The piston assembly is in contact with the pisto... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7703585 | Integrated and self-contained suspension assembly having an on-the-fly adjustable air spring An integrated and self-contained suspension assembly having a gas spring integrated with a shock absorber (damper) is described. The rigid gas cylinder of the air spring is divided into a first gas chamber and a second gas chamber. A flow port connects the first and... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7641028 | Integrated and self-contained suspension assembly having an on-the-fly adjustable air spring An integrated and self-contained suspension assembly having a gas spring integrated with a shock absorber (damper) is described. The rigid gas cylinder of the air spring is divided into a first gas chamber and a second gas chamber. A flow port connects the first and... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7426983 | Landing gear strut damper, and landing gear with independent struts comprising same A damper for an airplane landing gear leg comprises a main strut (11) and a rod piston (13) co-operating with the strut (11) to define a main chamber (15) and annular chamber (16) for hydraulic fluid, and presenting internally two ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7364143 | Adjustable suspension fork A suspension front fork includes a lower tube with a closed bottom and an upper tube is movably inserted in the lower tube. Hydraulic oil is filled in the lower tube and has an oil level in the upper tube. A damper assembly is fixedly received in the upper tube and ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350531 | Adjustable crutch A adjustable crutch, cane or similar walking aid for assisting everyday movement for temporarily injured and even permanently handicapped persons, the crutch having telescoping crutch tubes encasing a locking gas spring crutches which can instantaneously and control... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7325661 | Hydraulic front fork with lockout function A hydraulic front fork includes a fixed locking mechanism mounted in the upper fork tube, and a first adjustment mechanism mounted in the top end of the upper fork tube adjustable to control the flowing path of the hydraulic fluid through the locking mechanism such ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316409 | Front fork of bicycle with buffer apparatus A front fork of a bicycle, which has damping function, has a lower fork having a closed bottom. An upper fork tube is inserted into the lower fork for reciprocation relative to the lower fork, which has a nozzle at a top thereof. Oil is received in a space between t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7252624 | Regulating apparatus for a hydraulic cylinder of a treadmill A regulating apparatus for a hydraulic cylinder of a treadmill having a rotating knob with an opening formed at a top end thereof and with a neck formed at a bottom end thereof. The periphery of the neck is marked with a plurality of numbers or with colors from ligh... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252181 | Air pressure proportional damper A suspension system includes an air spring and a shock absorber disposed between the sprung and unsprung portions of a vehicle. A vehicle height sensor sends signals to a control system which adjusts the height of the vehicle by increasing or decreasing the air pres... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7198125 | Cab support system for an agricultural vehicle An agricultural vehicle includes a chassis and a cab supported on the chassis by means of a support system which maintains the cab level. The support system comprises two pairs of hydraulic actuators. Each pair of actuators is operative to tilt the cab relative to t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175165 | Air spring and shock absorber assembly for use in suspension systems An air spring and shock absorber unit for use in vehicle suspension systems or cab suspension systems comprising a shock absorber mounted within an air spring. The lower end of the air spring bellows is attached to the air spring piston in such a manner which enable... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163222 | 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 an adjustable valve, sometimes ref... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159883 | Front suspension for vehicles with front steerable wheel The present invention relates to the front suspension containing elastic (14) and damping (11) elements, for vehicles with front steerable wheel, such as bicycles, motor-bicycles, motorcycles or tricycles. To minimise the total mass of the unsprung sus... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7065852 | Method of manufacturing hydraulic shock absorber and production system for shock absorber in plant A method of manufacturing a hydraulic shock absorber is provided with a piston main body manufacturing step 21 including the process of sintering of the piston main body and the process of forming of the molded sealing are performed, a piston assembly manufac... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044274 | Bicycle front suspension device A suspension device includes a cap connected to a seal member on the inner tube of the front fork. A cable has one end fixed to a rod and the other end extends through the cap and is connected to a switching device on the handlebar. The rod has an end section which ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7017928 | Bicycle A bicycle in one embodiment includes a frame and at least one adjusting device for adjusting at least one of a height of a saddle and a steering stem. The adjusting device includes a double-acting piston/cylinder assembly with a first cylinder chamber and a second c... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6988599 | Compressible fluid strut A suspension strut (10) for a vehicle including a compressible fluid (20), a hydraulic tube (22,22′) and displacement rod (24) adapted to cooperate with the compressible fluid (20) to supply a suspending spring force that biases ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6979011 | Motorcycle fork bottom having different longitudinal stiffness and adjustable lateral stiffness A motorcycle or bicycle suspension having adjustable side-to-side flexibility. The suspension includes a telescopic fork and a fork bottom which couples the fork to the axle of a wheel. The fork bottom and the fork are stiff in the direction of travel, to avoid flex... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6964325 | Integrated tagging system for an electronic shock absorber An integrated tagging system for an electronically controlled shock absorber having a shock absorber with damping characteristics unique to the shock absorber. An electronic control module is in electronic communication with the shock absorber for controlling the sh... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6932419 | Aerodynamic guiding arrangements for vehicles An aerodynamic guiding arrangement for a vehicle that includes a forward gap enclosure with an upper element and a lower element. The gap enclosure is configured to be positioned and attached proximate a forward end of the vehicle. The guiding arrangement includes a... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923299 | Programmable variable spring member A variable spring member includes a containment housing defining an inner chamber with alternating layers of compressible medium and electro-reactive medium. Adjacent each layer of electro-reactive medium is a coil assembly controlled by a controller. A sealed plate... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6904344 | Semi-active shock absorber control system A semi-active control methodology is provided for a spring/mass system, for example a real-time adjustable shock absorber system. The methodology includes defining a plurality of operating zones based on system parameters and user-definable or preset inputs. The met... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6871731 | Adjustable shock absorber for a motor vehicle An adjustable shock absorber (8) includes a damping force changing device (16) which continuously adjusts the damping force characteristic of the shock absorber in response to input control signals. A first signal is generated by a first sensor which r... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6857625 | Spring carrier The invention relates to a spring carrier for the chassis of a motor vehicle. Said carrier is used to support a coil spring (1) which is braced between two spring plates (2, 3). At least one of said spring plates (2) can be axially adjusted by m... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6702075 | Controllable shock absorber Controllable shock absorber with a damping valve controllable within a passage or bypass located between the lower working space and the upper working space, such that in the push and pull stage control of the damping force is possible, in which the contr... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6701235 | Suspension control system In a suspension control system, a controller previously stores damping force maps (an ordinary road map, a rough road map, and an extremely rough road map) corresponding to road surface conditions (an ordinary road, a rough road, and an extremely rough ro... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6637555 | Pneumatic connections for vehicle suspensions The invention provides a damper assembly (10) comprising a housing (12) defining an inner chamber (22, 24) having a damping fluid disposed therein. A piston rod (14) is slidably retained by the housing (12), and at least partially extends into, the chambe... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6427986 | Air suspension apparatus An air chamber (53) of a damping force adjusting mechanism (49) disposed in a hydraulic shock absorber (3) of a damping force adjusting type communicates with an air chamber (7) of an air spring through a tubular path (57). A free piston (51) is transferr... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6382370 | Shock absorber with an adjustable lock-out value and two-stage flow restriction A suspension system with a shock absorber having a manually adjustable lock-out valve and a blow-off valve for controlling damping characteristics suitable for a wide variety of large, medium, and small bumps, and rider induced suspension action, while se... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6343676 | Shock absorber mounted real time damper valve A shock absorber mounted electromagnetically operated real time damper valve which is mounted upon a piston rod and provides a flow path for fluid which bypasses the piston which separates a cylinder of the shock absorber into a pair of fluid containing c... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6328144 | Inverted type of vehicular damper with vehicle height adjusting function On an outside of a damper main body of an inverted type of vehicular damper, a pressure casing of a cylindrical shape which is connected to a damper rod is provided in a manner movable up and down. A pressure chamber for containing therein a pressure medi... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6321888 | Damper with externally mounted semi-active system An automatic damper for an automobile automatic damper system which provides a compression valve operable to vary compressive damping characteristics of a damper, as well as a rebound valve operable to vary rebound damping characteristics of the damper. U... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6305512 | Valve which reacts as a function of pressure, especially for a vibration damper A pressure operated valve is provided including an adjusting device, a spring and a vent connection. The adjusting device is axially movably arranged in a pressure chamber defined in the valve and comprises a valve body and a pressure intensifier. A space... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6293377 | Variable-damping force shock absorber An actuator disposed within a piston rod of a variable-damping force shock absorber has coils mounted at an inner peripheral face of the piston rod, permanent magnets disposed facing a stator, and a cylindrical body supported rotatably about the piston ro... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6290034 | Suspension control system The disclosed suspension control system includes actuators for adjusting damping forces of front and rear variable-damping force shock absorbers. Also provided are front and rear vertical acceleration detectors. Usual control for the actuators are perform... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6286642 | Fluid regulating device for use with a shock-absorbing cylinder to obtain a variable shock absorbing effect A fluid regulating device includes a valve housing formed with a piston receiving chamber that has a piston member slidingly and sealingly disposed therein to divide the piston receiving chamber into a volume-variable gas compartment filled with pressuriz... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6283259 | Hydraulic shock absorber A hydraulic shock absorber includes an inner cylinder filled with a working oil, an outer cylinder, and a reservoir defined between the inner and outer cylinders. A piston is slidably disposed within the inner cylinder so as to divide the interior of the ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6254067 | Fluid regulating device for use with a hydraulic cylinder to obtain a variable shock absorbing effect A fluid regulating device includes a regulator housing that confines a valve receiving chamber and a fluid chamber filled with hydraulic fluid. The regulator housing is formed with a fluid opening that is in fluid communication with the valve receiving ch... | 07/03/2001 |
