Patent ID: 11904977
Assignee: EKO SPORT, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B  F

Claim 9:
10. A shock absorber, comprising:
a first end configured to be mounted to a bicycle and at least partially defining a first chamber;
a second end telescopically interfitting with the first end and configured to be mounted to a bicycle and comprising a first tube at least partially defining a damping chamber, the second end terminating in an end face;
wherein fluid in the first chamber is separated from an incompressible fluid in the damping chamber;

a first piston secured in substantially fixed position to the first end with a first shaft, the first piston configured to move within the first tube;
a second tube positioned within the first tube; and
a variable volume chamber within the first tube and at least partially defined by the end face, the first shaft, and the second tube, wherein an effective volume of the variable volume chamber is variable.