Patent ID: 6360858
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B62K,F16F

Abstract:
A bicycle fork having a damping apparatus, the damping apparatus comprising:a cylinder defining a chamber; a shaft disposed in the chamber; a piston disposed in the chamber and coupled with the shaft and being movable relative to the shaft between first and second positions, the piston having a fluid flow aperture disposed there through and a valve structure associated with the piston, the valve structure being movable between engaged and disengaged positions, the fluid flow aperture being occluded when the valve structure is engaged and the fluid flow aperture being exposed when the valve structure is disengaged; wherein the piston is a floating piston; damping fluid located in the chamber; the piston being movable from the first position to the second position as a result of an external force being applied to the fluid which acts on the piston; and when the piston is in the second position, the fluid is caused to move through the fluid flow aperture and move the valve structure to the disengaged position.