Patent ID: 8678415
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: B62K

Abstract:
1. A lower leg for a suspension fork comprising: two tubes, with each tube having an end region including a receptacle device for receiving a stanchion tube mounted in the receptacle device for displacement in a displacement direction; front and rear stabilizers connecting the end regions of the two tubes, wherein the front stabilizer runs substantially in front of and the rear stabilizer runs substantially behind the two tubes; and two stiffening devices connecting the front and rear stabilizers to one another, with the two stiffening devices extending in the displacement direction away from the two tubes, with the two stiffening devices being spaced from each other and located intermediate the two tubes, with the front and rear stabilizers being free of interconnection intermediate the two stiffening devices, wherein each stiffening device has a connecting element, wherein the connecting element of each stiffening device comprises a web connected to the front and rear stabilizers and in each case one of the two tubes.