Patent ID: 9714066
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B62K,F16F

Claim:
1. A suspension system with an air spring and separate decoupled damper, for two wheeled vehicles, comprising: a two wheeled motorized vehicle having a front wheel and a rear wheel; a frame for the vehicle having a front frame portion attached to the front wheel, and a rear frame portion attached to the rear wheel; an air shock having a housing with first end and a opposite facing second end attached to the front and rear frame portions of the vehicle, with one of the first end and the second end being extendable and retractable from the air shock housing, the air shock includes a shock absorber having a slidable piston having an exterior end outside of the housing and an opposite facing inner end being inside of the housing, the slidable piston having an extended position and retracted position, an internal spring having an extended position and a retracted position, and an internal inflatable bladder having an inflated position and a deflated position, wherein inflating the bladder to the inflated position causes the spring to move from the retracted position to the extended position and the piston of the shock absorber to move to the retracted position causing the exterior end of the piston to be retracted toward the first end of the housing with the inner end of the piston moving toward the second end of the housing, and wherein deflating the bladder to the deflated position causes the spring to contract to the retracted position and the exterior end of the piston on the shock absorber to become extended away from the first end of the housing with the second end of the piston being completely separated and spaced apart from the second end of the housing; and an hydraulic damper positioned side by side with the air shock, the hydraulic damper assembly having a housing with first end and a opposite facing second end attached to the front and rear frame portions of the vehicle, with one of the first end and the second end being extendable and retractable from the air shock housing, wherein the damper housing is completely decoupled and separate from the air shock housing.