Patent ID: 6729640
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
A device for influencing the flexing movements of a ski, comprising:a thruster part fixed and extending in the longitudinal direction of the ski; a moveable part extending from said thruster part, said moveable part moveable on the ski in the longitudinal direction of the ski in response to flexing of the ski; a guide mountable on the ski in the longitudinal direction for receiving and limiting the movement of said moveable part in the vertical direction; a force transmission damper attached to said guide, said damper dampening fluctuations of the flexing of the ski; a transmission device connected between said force transmission damper and said moveable part, said transmission device comprising a device operatively interconnecting said damper and said thruster part for increasing an effective distance of movement of a displaceable part between said damper and said thruster part, said effective distance being greater than an actual distance of movement between said thruster part and said damper, and for imparting force to said damper according to said effective distance of movement; wherein, using a predefined or predefinable translation ratio for establishing said effective distance, said transmission device transmits the movement of said moveable part to said force transmission damper.