Patent ID: 8944422
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B62K,F16F

Abstract:
1. A spring system for bicycles comprising: a gas suspension spring including a suspension piston and adjustable progression; at least one negative spring; and a housing element for movably receiving the suspension piston of the gas suspension spring, a housing portion adjacent to and independent of said housing element, wherein a largest inner diameter of said housing portion is greater than a largest outer diameter of said housing element, wherein the gas suspension spring is configured as a positive spring and includes a spring volume including a first spring chamber and at least a second spring chamber separated from one another by a partitioning member; and the first spring chamber is arranged internal of the housing element and the second spring chamber extends internal of the housing portion, wherein a volume of said second spring chamber and a volume of said first spring chamber are independent of each other, and wherein said first spring chamber and said second spring chamber are axially adjacent to each other.