Answer Products, Inc.

Thomas Jesse Rogers, Iii

Jose L Gonzalez

Eric E Lalikyan

Mark D Savery

A damping apparatus having a cylinder, a fluid, and a floating piston. The cylinder includes a fluid chamber with the fluid located within the fluid chamber. The floating piston is coupled to the cylinder to carry the fluid in the fluid chamber. The floating piston is movable in response to movement of the fluid when a force is applied to the cylinder.

Damping apparatus for bicycle forks

A bicycle fork having a damping apparatus that includes a cylinder, a damping fluid and a piston. The cylinder defines a chamber. The damping fluid is located in the chamber. The piston is disposed in the chamber and is positioned adjacent the fluid.

A damping apparatus for use in a bicycle fork includes two telescoping legs, a rebound piston and a compression piston. A damping fluid is provided in the apparatus. The pistons and legs define compression rebound and variable zones into which the fluid may flow to provide desired damping.

Oil damped fork

An improved shock absorber for use in the front fork suspension of a mountain bicycle includes a housing having a pair of telescopically-arranged cylinders containing a rebound damping piston, a compression damping piston, and a lockout damping piston arranged on the opposite side of the compression piston from the rebound piston, a manually-operable lockout shut-off valve being provided that is operable independently of the compression damping piston between a closed lockout condition in which the lockout piston is activated, and an open condition in which the lockout piston is de-activated, thereby to change the operating characteristics of the shock absorber. The compression piston, the lockout piston, and the lockout shut-off valve are connected to define an assembly that is removably connected as a unit with the upper end of the shock absorber housing, thereby to permit removal of the assembly for adjustment of a flow control device associated with the compression piston. An independently adjustable rebound piston arrangement is provided at the lower end of the shock absorber housing for damping the rebound strokes of the shock absorber. All of the pistons are provided with blow-off valves so that the return action of one piston does not influence another piston.

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Valencia, CA, United States of America

Thomas Jesse Rogers, Iii