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

Claim 0:
1. 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 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 second end; and
a compensator positioned between the first piston and the end face;
wherein movement of the compensator is substantially independent of movement of the first piston, the first end and the first tube;
wherein the compensator is substantially surrounded by a substantially incompressible fluid and is configured to retain a compressible fluid; and
wherein the compensator at least partially surrounds the first shaft.