Suspension device for bicycle front fork

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PATENT NO 9981713
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15334370

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A suspension device of a bicycle front fork is installed in a head tube of a bicycle handlebar. The suspension device includes: a cylinder with a bottom fixed to a base of the bicycle front fork and a top passed into the head tube; a piston rod with a top fixed to an inner wall of the head tube and a bottom having a piston and extended into the cylinder; a spring device coupled to the piston rod and having a force to push the piston rod away from the cylinder. The cylinder below the piston has an air chamber communicated with an intake valve of the base. The air pressure of air chamber may be adjusted to adjust the buffering pressure of the spring device, so that a user may adjust the shocking pressure of the front fork.

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  • TAIWAN HODAKA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Tsai, Black Taipei, TW 6 38

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