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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2017
Applicant:
Showa Corporation, Gyoda-shi, JP;
Inventor:
Kojiro Yoshida, Fukuroi, JP;
Assignee:
SHOWA CORPORATION, Gyoda-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 25/08 (2006.01); F16F 13/00 (2006.01); F16F 15/023 (2006.01); F16F 15/067 (2006.01); F16F 9/02 (2006.01); F16F 9/06 (2006.01); B62K 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62K 25/08 (2013.01); F16F 9/0218 (2013.01); F16F 9/065 (2013.01); F16F 9/067 (2013.01); F16F 13/002 (2013.01); F16F 15/0232 (2013.01); F16F 15/067 (2013.01); B62K 2025/044 (2013.01); B62K 2025/048 (2013.01); B62K 2201/08 (2013.01); F16F 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A front fork leg includes an inner chamber that absorbs by a gas spring a shock caused on a vehicle; an auxiliary gas spring chamber communicating with the inner chamber; an auxiliary piston provided in the auxiliary gas spring chamber; and a gas spring chamber side gas chamber sectioned by the auxiliary piston and communicating with the inner chamber, and the auxiliary piston moves to increase a volume of the gas spring chamber side gas chamber, as pressure inside the inner chamber increases.