Bicycle front fork shock absorbing device

• Main Authors: CHANG; WU-SUNG, HUANG; HUAN-YANG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.11.1994
• Edition: 5
• 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; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; 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; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

A bicycle front fork shock absorbing device includes a shock absorbing spring and a set of tubular elastomers mounted around a guide rod being linked to a headed locating screw rod in either fork blade of a bicycle front fork, the improvement including a plurality of protective caps mounted around the guide rod and separated by the tubular elastomer and the shock absorbing spring, a buffer spring received in a sleeve around the headed locating screw rod and retained between the head the headed locating screw rod and a lock screw, and wherein each protective cap has two recesses at two opposite sides respectively covered around either a tubular elastomer or the shock absorbing spring or the head of the headed locating screw rod.