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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2015
Applicant:

Dt Swiss, Inc., Grand Junction, CO (US);

Inventors:

Stefan Battlogg, St. Anton I.M., AT;

Martin Walthert, Aarberg, CH;

Gernot Elsensohn, St. Anton I.M., AT;

Juergen Poesel, Bludenz, AT;

Assignee:

DT Swiss Inc., Grand Junction, CO (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/53 (2006.01); B62K 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/535 (2013.01); B62K 25/04 (2013.01); F16F 9/53 (2013.01); F16F 9/537 (2013.01); B62K 2025/044 (2013.01);
Abstract

Shock absorber and method for operating a shock absorber for a bicycle wherein a relative motion of a first and a second component interconnected via a damper device is dampened. The damper device includes a controllable damping valve with a field generating device with which a field-sensitive medium can be influenced for influencing a damping force of the damper device by applying a field intensity of the field generating device. A parameter for the current relative speeds of the first and second components is obtained in real time. For damping, a current field intensity to be set is derived in real time by way of the parameter from a characteristic damper curve and the field intensity to be currently set is generated by the field generating device in real time for setting in real time a damping force which results from the predetermined characteristic damper curve at the parameter obtained.


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