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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Johnson Yih, Hsien, TW;
Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Taichung Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A shock absorbing device is mounted between a stem and a front wheel axle of a bicycle to reduce shock that is transmitted to a handlebar, and includes a support leg disposed to swivel with the stem, a lever with a proximate end anchored relative to the axle and a distal end fitted to the support leg, a crank member with a journalled end journalled on the axle and a web portion coupling with one of the proximate end and the intermediate portion of the support leg and terminating at a coupling end. A friction brake member is disposed on the web portion and is movable to abut against another brake member mounted on a front hub of the bicycle as a result of a braking action, while taking up the inertial momentum of the front hub to turn the web portion as well as the coupling end so as to move one of the proximate end and the intermediate portion away from the other one of the intermediate portion and the proximate end, thereby counteracting the relative movement of the intermediate portion towards the proximate end stemming from the braking action.