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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2004
Tsutomu Yoshimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Yoshimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a front fork with a double-rod damper, which can improve an efficiency of an assembly operation thereof by simplifying alignment work of piston rods on assembly. To achieve this object, a front fork () comprising: an outer tube (); an inner tube () inserted expansibly and contractibly into the outer tube; a double-rod damper () disposed inside the outer tube and the inner tube, the double-rod damper including a cylinder (), a piston () received in the cylinder, a first piston rod () and a second piston rod () extending respectively from each side of the piston and penetrating through the cylinder, wherein an upper chamber () and a lower chamber () are defined between the cylinder and the piston, into which that oil is contained; and a fork-inside oil chamber () defined by the outer tube, the inner tube, and the double-rod damper, into which oil and air are contained, the double-rod damper further including: a piston rod connection mechanism () that connects at least one of the first piston rod and the second piston rod to the piston such that the one is displaceable in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the piston.