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Suspension device with hydraulic shock absorber with selective shock absorbing control

  • US 20050217953A1
  • Filed: 11/04/2004
  • Published: 10/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Suspension device for a wheeled vehicle, comprising a shock absorber (105) and a spring (110), disposed between a non-suspended portion (120) of the vehicle and a suspended portion (130) of the vehicle, the shock absorber (105) comprising a shock absorber body (1) provided with a cylindrical cavity (10) in which slides a piston (2), the piston being connected to a piston rod (3) leaving the cylindrical cavity through a sealing ring (4), the piston (2) being provided with a calibrated means (5) for passage of a fluid such as an oil, from one sub-cavity (10a) to a sub-cavity (10b) delimited by the position of the piston as a function of movements of the piston, in response to forces exerted on the suspension, characterized in that the piston comprises a discharge device (15), this discharge device being adapted to take an open position of a conduit (16, 17) between one sub-cavity and the other and a closed position of this conduit and in that the control of the discharge device is effected by a control rod (20) sliding axially within the piston rod (3) and terminating in a movable body (21), provided with means (27) for securement on one of said non-suspended (120) and suspended (130) portions.

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