Patent ID: 8608141
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: B62K,F16F

Abstract:
1. A gas spring for a two-wheeled vehicle, comprising: a main chamber and at least one auxiliary chamber; a single valve member having a first position in which it is bi-directionally open in a compression and rebound stroke and a second position in which it is bi-directionally closed in both the compression and rebound stroke, and when open, the single valve member allows fluid communication between the main chamber and the at least one auxiliary chamber; pressurized gas that fills the at least one auxiliary chamber and a portion of the main chamber; and a movable piston that compresses the gas in the main chamber and displaces a volume of liquid during a compression stroke of the gas spring; wherein when the single valve member is open during the compression stroke, substantially all the gas in the main chamber may be displaced into the at least one auxiliary chamber.