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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2018
Sram, Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Geoff Nichols, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
SRAM, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A suspension component for a bicycle is provided. The suspension component includes a first tube having a first end and a second tube having a second end, the first tube and the second tube configured in a telescopic arrangement having the first end as a first distal end of the telescopic arrangement and the second end forming a second distal end of the telescopic arrangement, the telescopic arrangement having an interior space bounded by inner walls of the first tube and the second tube. The suspension component also includes a fluid damper disposed in the interior space, the fluid damper having a plurality of operational states configured to dampen or resist movement of the first tube relative to the second tube. Characteristics of the suspension component are controllable and/or the suspension component is configured to operate in different states.