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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1998
Kazuo Wada, Shizuoka, JP;
Masahiro Hirano, Shizuoka, JP;
Showa Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A structure wherein a dust cover (,) is mounted in a lower portion of an under bracket (,) for mounting an inner tube (,) of a front fork (,) to a vehicle body side; an annular stopper (,) is fixed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner tube, and a flange (,) of the dust cover is locked through an annular cover seat (,) by the stopper; the dust cover is structured such that the flange thereof is held and fixed between the under bracket inserted to the inner tube and the stopper under a compressing deformation in an axial direction of the cover seat, and the inner peripheral surface of the dust cover is elastically brought into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the cover seat so as to be supported to the inner tube in a concentric state.