Non-dampened fork leg, in particular for the fork leg of a motorcycle and sprung fork

• Main Authors: HEIDRICH, MARTIN, DR.DREIFKE, LARS, SCHATZBERGER, UWE, MARTINO, CLAUDIO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 05.06.2013
• Subjects: BLASTING; CYCLE AXLE SUSPENSIONS; CYCLE FRAMES; CYCLE SIDE-CARS, FORECARS, OR THE LIKE; CYCLE STEERING DEVICES; CYCLES; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; LIGHTING; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; RIDER-OPERATED TERMINAL CONTROLS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORCYCLES; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; SPRINGS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

The undamped fork leg (1) has spring preload adjustment device (11,13,14), a release limiting unit (17) and a sensor unit for sensing the instantaneous stroke position and/or the stroke speed and/or the stroke acceleration of the fork leg. The spring base is adjustable with respect to the tube (2), in the tube longitudinal direction (16). An independent claim is included for fork with undamped leg for motorcycle. Ungedämpftes Gabelbein (1) insbesondere für eine Gabel eines Motorrads, mit einer Federvorspannungsverstelleinrichtung (11, 13, 14), einer Ausfederbegrenzungseinrichtung (17) und einer Sensoreinrichtung (22), die zum Sensieren der momentanen Hubposition und/oder der Hubgeschwindigkeit und/oder der Hubbeschleunigung des Gabelbeins (1) vorgesehen ist.