Patent ID: 8770360
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: B62K,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bicycle suspension assembly, comprising: a damper body having a longitudinal axis and containing damping fluid; a piston coupled to a piston rod, the piston and a portion of the piston rod movable within the damper body; a reservoir with a movable sealed barrier partially defining a variable volume chamber within the reservoir, wherein the longitudinal axis of the damper body and a longitudinal axis of the reservoir are non-coaxial and non-parallel; a fluid path between the damper body and the reservoir for conveying fluid flow from the damper body to the reservoir as the piston rod moves further into the damper body; an inertia valve for at least partially controlling the fluid flow through the fluid path, the inertia valve positioned within the reservoir and including: whereby when the inertia mass is in the second position, fluid enters the reservoir at a first location relative to the inertia mass, flows within an interior hollow portion of the shaft, and then exits the interior hollow portion of the shaft at a second location relative to the inertia mass.