Patent ID: 8113322
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: F16F

Abstract:
1. An adjustable fluid suspension system 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 adjustable fluid suspension device having a housing with first end and an opposite second end, the first and second ends being individually attached to the front and rear frame portions, the first end being extendable and retractable from the housing, the air suspension device includes: a shock absorber having a piston with an extended and retracted position; an internal spring having an extended position and a retracted position; an internal inflatable bladder having an inflated position, and a deflated position, wherein inflating the bladder 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 first moveable end to be in a compressed position with the moveable first end retracted toward the housing, and wherein deflating the bladder causes the spring to contract and the piston on the shock absorber to become extended so that the first moveable end to be in a uncompressed position with the moveable first end extending from the housing; a source of compressed fluid; and a control for adjusting compressed fluid levels between the source of compressed fluid and inside the housing of the fluid suspension device, wherein increasing and inflating compressed fluid levels inside the housing causes the first end to retract into the housing so that the suspension device pulls the front wheel toward the rear wheel and raises the vehicle over a ground surface, and deflating and uncompressing fluid levels inside of the housing allows for the front wheel and the rear wheel to pull apart from one another lowering the vehicle over the ground surface.