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Bicycle front fork assembly

  • US 6,669,218 B1
  • Filed: 07/12/2002
  • Issued: 12/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A bicycle front fork assembly;

  • comprising;

    a steer tube;

    a pair of legs extending in a downward direction from said steer tube and spaced from one another in a lateral direction, each of said pair of legs having an upper portion, a lower portion and an intermediate portion and defining a substantially fixed length, said fork assembly being configured to support a wheel at said lower portions of said pair of legs, said pair of legs being interconnected at said upper portion, each of said intermediate portions having an internal wall defining an internal cavity;

    a damping member positioned within said cavity and contacting said internal wall, said damping member comprising a vibration damping material;

    wherein said internal wall comprises a first side and a second side facing said first side, an middle portion of said first side and second side being curved toward one another such that a width of said cavity is reduced in said middle portion, said damping member shaped to substantially conform to said reduced width of said cavity.

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