Patent ID: 9630679
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: B62K,F16F

Claim:
1. A spring leg of a front fork comprising: a vehicle body side tube; an axle side tube being slidably engaged with the vehicle body side tube; a guide cylinder being provided in a center portion inside one of the vehicle body side tube and the axle side tube; a guide rod provided in a center portion inside the other of the vehicle body side tube and the axle side tube where the guide rod has a guide being inserted into the guide cylinder; a rod guide which is provided in the guide cylinder where the guide rod is inserted in and supported by the rod guide; a suspension spring being composed of; at least first and second sub-tanks, each of which includes an air chamber communicating with the rebound air spring chamber, wherein the first sub-tank is provided at a position different from that of the second sub-tank, wherein the first and second sub-tanks communicate with the rebound air spring chamber through a hole formed inside the guide, wherein a lower end portion of the guide rod is fastened to a bottom bolt which is inserted into a bottom portion of an axle bracket, wherein the inner side air spring chamber and the rebound air spring chamber are not in fluid communication with one another, and wherein the second sub-tank is provided outside the vehicle body side tube and the axle side tube.