578results about "Axle suspensions" patented technology

An electric vehicle including a frame; at least one ground-engaging member operatively connected to the frame; an electric motor operatively connected to the at least one ground-engaging member; an electric powerpack supported by the frame, the powerpack including: a battery pack defining a battery cooling channel; and a plurality of battery cells housed in the battery housing; a charger defining a charger cooling channel; an inverter including an inverter cooling channel, the battery cooling channel, the charger cooling channel, and the inverter cooling channel being fluidly connected together by rigid fluid connections; radiators fluidly connected to the battery cooling channel; a cooling circuit being formed at least in part by the battery cooling channel, the charger cooling channel, the inverter cooling channel, and the at least one radiator; and a pump fluidly connected to the cooling circuit for pumping liquid coolant through the cooling circuit.

A derailleur hanger includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion and a pin. The first portion includes an axle receiving bore for receiving a hub axle. The second portion includes a derailleur support surface for supporting a derailleur. The third portion includes a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a third surface facing in the first direction. The pin includes a first part coupled to the third portion, a second part projecting in the first direction from the third surface to be received in a pin receiving portion of a bicycle frame, and a frangible part disposed between the first part and the second part. The frangible part breaks relative to the first part and the second part upon application of a predetermined force or higher to the pin.

The invention relates to a propulsion system (1) for a pedal vehicle. The propulsion system (1) comprises a power unit (1) allowing the power originating from a bottom-bracket axle (2) to be combined with the power from two motors (40, 50), a first deformable transmission element (23) allowing the transmission of power to the rear wheel (73) and a casing assembly (19) enclosing particularly the first deformable transmission element (23) and the power unit (1), with the exception of part of the bottom-bracket axle (2).

A method and apparatus are disclosed that assist a user in performing proper setup of a vehicle suspension. A user may utilize a device equipped with an image sensor to assist the user in proper setup of a vehicle suspension. The device executes an application that prompts the user for input and instructs the user to perform a number of steps for adjusting the suspension components. In one embodiment, the application does not communicate with sensors on the vehicle. In another embodiment, the application may communicate with various sensors located on the vehicle to provide feedback to the device during the setup routine. In one embodiment, the device may analyze a digital image of a suspension component to provide feedback about a physical characteristic of the component.

A quick release structure has a quick release handle, a shaft, a clamping element, and a clamping member. The shaft has a recess, a cavity, and a resilient member. The cavity is defined in an end of the shaft. The recess is defined in a bottom of the cavity. The cavity has a diameter gradually increasing from the end of the shaft toward the recess. The clamping element has two ends. One of the ends is connected with the quick release hand, and the other end extends into the recess. The clamping member is mounted around the clamping element. When the clamping element is combined with the quick release handle and the recess, at least a part of the clamping member is engaged with the cavity and two sides of the clamping member respectively abut against the bottom of the cavity and the quick release handle.

There is provided a straddle-type vehicle including: a vehicle body frame; at least one wheel; a drive source configured to generate power to be transmitted to the wheel; and a battery case including an accommodation space in which a battery for storing electric power is accommodated and an opening that opens the accommodation space upward for inserting and removing the battery. The battery case is inclined with respect to a vertical direction such that the opening faces obliquely upward and rearward. A lower end of the battery case is disposed in a front space of the drive source and located lower than an upper end of the drive source.

A bicycle includes a front wheel, a rear wheel, and a frame assembly supported by the front wheel and by the rear wheel, the frame assembly including a main frame and a fork assembly rotatably secured to the main frame. The fork assembly includes a fork crown, a lower bearing that facilitates rotation of the fork assembly relative to the main frame about a steering axis, and a lower accessory mount including a base portion sandwiched between the fork crown and the lower bearing.

Proposed is a height-adjustable seatpost (1) with combined saddle suspension, in particular for gravel bikes, comprising an upper tube (2), wherein a saddle is fastenable to the upper end (4), and a lower tube (3), in which the lower end of the upper tube (2) is mounted telescopically in a plunging configuration, wherein a gas spring (5) is provided which couples the upper tube (2) to the lower tube (3) such that the upper tube (2) can be mounted elastically relative to the lower tube (3), wherein the gas spring (5) has a piston (6) having a push rod (8) and has a pressure housing (7) which forms a chamber (12) in which the piston (6) is mounted, wherein the push rod (8) is connected to the upper tube (2) and the pressure housing (7) is connected to the lower tube (3). In the seatpost (1), which requires little maintenance effort, the pressure housing (7) forms a cylinder which is separate from the lower tube (3) and which is mounted coaxially in the lower tube (3) and fixedly connected to the lower tube (3).

The present invention provides a control device for human-powered vehicles that can suppress abnormal noises, and components for human-powered vehicles. [Solution] The control device for a human-powered vehicle includes a motor, a first gear to which torque is transmitted from the motor, and a second gear that meshes with the first gear, and comprises a control unit configured to control the motor, wherein the control unit is configured to control the motor in a first control state in which, when a predetermined first condition is met, a first torque is transmitted to the first gear to suppress abnormal noise caused by backlash between the first gear and the second gear.

A system and method for modifying operational aspects of a suspension control system. The method receives a modification request and accesses a control system of one or more electronic components of a vehicle. The original operational aspect of one or more of the electronic components is modified based on the request. When a return request is received, the modified operational aspect of the one or more of the electronic components is returned back to its original operational aspect.

A shock absorber includes a shock absorber main body that is extendable and contractible, a valve disc that partitions two operation chambers in the shock absorber main body, a check valve that is stacked on one end side of the valve disc and opens and closes first ports, and a valve stopper that is disposed on a counter-valve disc side of the check valve. The first ports and second ports are alternately arranged in a circumferential direction of the valve disc. The check valve includes a plurality of valve portions that are continuous with an outer periphery of an inner ring facing an inner peripheral side of the valve disc and independently open and close only the first ports. The valve stopper has claws that extend from an outer periphery of an annular plate and are inserted into the second ports to regulate circumferential rotation of the check valve.

A derailleur hanger assembly includes a derailleur hanger, a hanger washer and a hanger bolt. The derailleur hanger includes an axle receiving bore having an internal thread and a frame attachment surface that contacts a bicycle frame in a mounted state. The hanger washer has a bolt receiving opening extending between a frame contact surface and a bolt contact surface. The hanger bolt includes a shaft portion and a head portion. The head portion has an axial contact surface facing in an axial direction of the shaft portion. The shaft portion includes an externally threaded portion that is threadedly coupled to the internal thread of the derailleur hanger. A distance between the axial contact surface and the frame attachment surface is larger than a thickness of the bicycle frame in a state where the hanger bolt is tightened to the derailleur hanger without the hanger washer.

A quick release structure has a quick release handle, a shaft, a clamping element, and a clamping member. The shaft has a recess, a cavity, and a resilient member. The recess is defined in an end of the shaft. The cavity is defined in a bottom of the recess. The cavity has a diametrical cross section larger than a diametrical cross section of the recess. The clamping element has two ends. One of the ends is connected with the quick release hand, and the other end extends into the recess. The clamping member is mounted around the clamping element and is engaged with the quick release handle and the shaft.

A three-wheeled vehicle includes a vehicle frame supported by a single wheel engaging the ground in the front and two wheels engaging the ground in the rear. The operator area of the vehicle may include seating for a driver and a passenger, one in front of the other. The three-wheeled vehicle is uniquely designed so that it can be easily modified by addition or removal of additional structures after it is purchased. The vehicle is ultra-narrow but achieves stability by unique mechanisms.

The utility model discloses an electric vehicle rear fork structure capable of being quickly detached, which comprises a rear fork body, a shock absorber mounting seat, a connecting bolt and a fixing piece, and a fixing component is arranged at the top of the inner side of the fixing piece; the fixing assembly comprises a sliding pipe, a sliding block is arranged in the sliding pipe in a sliding mode, a first spring is arranged on the top of the inner side of the sliding pipe, an inclined block is arranged at the bottom of the sliding block, and an inclined groove is formed in the top of the tail end of the connecting bolt. When vibration occurs, even if the inclined block moves in the inclined groove, the inclined block is always inserted in the inclined groove through the pushing force of the first spring, and therefore the situation that the fixing piece is loosened and falls off is avoided.

A suspension system (100) in a vehicle comprising a wheel (120); a motor (130) attached to the rim (140) of the wheel (120); wherein the motor (130) is bolted to at-least one rim (140) of the wheel (120); at least a swing arm (150) comprising two forks (110) attached to the motor (130) of the vehicle; wherein at least one fork (110) has plurality of beams 5 (170) attached one with another.

The invention relates to a damping device (28) for a bicycle (10), said damping device comprising an outer tube (30) and an inner tube (32) located coaxially to the outer tube, wherein a compensation chamber (34) for receiving hydraulic fluid is formed between the outer tube (30) and the inner tube (32), and also comprising a piston (40) which is connected to a piston rod (42) and can be moved back and forth within the inner tube (32), wherein the piston (40) divides the interior of the inner tube (32) into a working chamber (44) that is free of the piston rod and a working chamber (46) that contains the piston rod, wherein the damping device (28) also comprises a valve assembly (50) and an adjustment device (55) for adjusting the damping of the valve assembly (50) in the rebound stage and / or the compression stage, and wherein the damping device (28) has a gas reservoir (98) which is located coaxially to the adjustment device (55) and encircles the adjustment device (55).

To provide a saddle-type vehicle that ensures the strength of the rear suspension mounting area with a simple structure. [Solution] The saddle vehicle comprises a pair of upper frames extending in the front-rear direction, a pair of pivot frames connected to the rear ends of the pair of upper frames and extending downward, a cross frame extending in the left-right direction and connecting the pair of upper frames or the pair of pivot frames to each other, a swing arm pivotably connected to the pair of pivot frames and supporting the rear wheel of the saddle vehicle, a bracket extending downward from the cross frame, and a rear suspension pivotably connected to the bracket at its upper end and pivotably connected to the swing arm at its lower end. In a side view of the saddle vehicle, a first line extending from the pivot axis at the upper end of the rear suspension to the pivot axis at the lower end of the rear suspension passes through the cross frame.

The invention relates to a bicycle component provided with an electronic device. The invention relates to a method of operating an electronic device associated with a bicycle component and comprising a processor and a wake-up unit, the method comprising the following steps, which can be executed by the processor of the electronic device: - operating alternately in a standby mode and in a running mode, - upon reception of a wake-up signal from the wake-up unit, switching from the standby mode to the running mode under predetermined wake-up conditions, and - before switching from the running mode to the standby mode, modifying the configuration of the wake-up unit by updating the predetermined wake-up conditions, so that a subsequent wake-up signal is sent to the processor under the updated wake-up conditions. The invention also relates to a related bicycle component.

The utility model discloses a light electric single-wheel balance car driven by an external motor. The light electric single-wheel balance car comprises an electric control and seat cushion unit, a suspension lower movable unit, a motor driving unit, a shock absorber, a battery pack unit, a wheel set unit, a pedal and the like. A high-speed motor is used for speed reduction through a gear and power transmission through a constant velocity universal joint, and finally a belt speed reducer is used for driving a wheel set to rotate, so that modular power layout is achieved. Due to the fact that the power / weight ratio of the high-rotating-speed motor is larger, the total weight of the vehicle can be effectively reduced. The suspension structure of the triangular double shock absorbers can reduce the number of components. The upper half part of the universal coupling is fixed in the shell of the driving unit, the lower half sliding part of the universal coupling is positioned below the damping system spring, and the motor is fixedly mounted through the expansion joint of the universal coupling, so that the power unit does not move along with the suspension. Due to the adoption of the modularized structure, the disassembly and maintenance are convenient, and the reassembly and combination are simple and convenient. The last stage adopts belt transmission, noise is reduced, and maintenance is convenient.

The utility model relates to a baby carriage shock absorption structure and a baby carriage. The baby carriage shock absorption structure comprises a baby carriage body (1) and at least one shock absorber (2). Sliding grooves (10) are formed in the two sides of the bottom of the baby carriage body (1), one end of a sliding rod (11) is rotationally connected into each sliding groove (10), and the other end of each sliding rod (11) is fixedly connected with a supporting rod (12). One end of the shock absorber (2) is connected with the supporting rod (12), the other end of the shock absorber (2) is connected with the positioning rod (3), and the positioning rod (3) is fixedly arranged on the baby carriage body (1).

The preload adjustable shock absorber comprises a mounting support, a compression spring, a stud and a locking nut assembly, a connecting piece and a movable sleeve rod are arranged on the two sides of the mounting support respectively, the stud is arranged in the movable sleeve rod in a penetrating mode, and the mounting support, the connecting piece and the stud are coaxially arranged; the connecting piece and the movable sleeve rod are connected into a whole on the two sides of the installation support through studs. The locking nut assembly comprises a nut body, the nut body is arranged at the other end of the double-end bolt in a sleeving mode, the compression spring is arranged on the double-end bolt in a sleeving mode and located between the movable sleeve rod and the nut body, the two ends of the double-end bolt abut against the movable sleeve rod and the nut body respectively, and the pre-compression amount of the compression spring can be adjusted by rotating the nut body. The pre-compression amount of the compression spring can be adjusted by rotating the nut body to meet the requirements of different users; the locking nut axially limits the nut body and cooperates with the friction bottom sheet to enhance the stability, the situation that the pre-compression amount is changed due to nut looseness is prevented, and the damping effect is stable.

[Problem] To provide a suspension control device that can improve the feeling of agility and the feeling of ground contact when turning while riding a saddle-type vehicle. [Solution] A suspension control device 1 controls variable damping force shock absorbers Df, Dr that can adjust the damping force and are interposed between a vehicle body B of a saddle-type vehicle M and a front wheel (vehicle wheel) Wf, and the vehicle body B and a rear wheel (front wheel) Wr, respectively. The suspension control device 1 comprises: a bank angle detection unit 2 that detects a bank angle θ, which is the angle of inclination of the vehicle body B in the left-right direction; a bank angular velocity detection unit 3 that detects a bank angular velocity ω of the vehicle body B; and a control unit 5 that controls the damping force of the variable damping force shock absorbers Df, Dr on the basis of the bank angle θ and the bank angular velocity ω.

The utility model relates to the technical field of electric vehicle front forks, in particular to a firm front fork damping structure of an electric vehicle, which comprises a vehicle head vertical rod, an upper fork shoulder and a lower fork shoulder, a damping mechanism is arranged between the upper fork shoulder and the lower fork shoulder, and the damping mechanism comprises two mounting plates vertically arranged between the upper fork shoulder and the lower fork shoulder. Two symmetrically-distributed connecting rods are hinged to the opposite outer walls of the two mounting plates through hinged supports correspondingly, the other ends of the two connecting rods located on the upper side are hinged to the upper fork shoulder through hinged supports correspondingly, and the other ends of the two connecting rods located on the lower side are hinged to the lower fork shoulder through hinged supports correspondingly; first sleeves are fixedly connected to the opposite outer walls of the two mounting plates and the opposite outer walls of the upper fork shoulder and the lower fork shoulder correspondingly, more uniform impact force dispersion and gradual buffering are achieved through cooperation of a cross linkage four-way hydraulic damping mechanism and a variable-pitch spring, the damping effect and the system stability are remarkably improved, and the service life of the system is prolonged. And meanwhile, the long-term reliable use performance is ensured by optimizing the structural design.

The invention relates to a damping device (28) for a bicycle (10), comprising an outer tube (30) and an inner tube (32) arranged coaxially to same, wherein a compensation chamber (34) for receiving hydraulic fluid is formed between the outer tube (30) and the inner tube (32), and a piston (40) which is connected to a piston rod (42) and which is arranged so as to be movable back and forth within the inner tube (32), wherein the interior of the inner tube (32) is divided by the piston (40) into a piston-rod-remote working chamber (44) and a piston-rod-side working chamber (46), and wherein the damping device (28) has a valve device (50) mounted on the outside of the outer tube (30) and having a compression damping valve (52) for damping the piston movement in the compression stage and having a rebound damping valve (54) for damping the piston movement in the rebound phase, and wherein the valve device (28) has a valve body (72) with an inner fluid channel (66) and an outer fluid channel (64) which is arranged radially outwards with respect to the inner fluid channel (66), and has a first and a second disc spring stack (74, 76) which are mounted on opposite sides of the valve body (72), and wherein the first disc spring stack (74) at least partially radially covers the inner fluid channel (66) and wherein the second disc spring stack (76) at least partially radially covers the inner and the outer fluid channel (64, 66) and has a fluid passage (88) which is fluidically connected to the inner fluid channel (66).

This invention discloses an all-terrain vehicle, comprising a frame, a front wheel assembly, and a rear wheel assembly. The front wheel assembly is mounted on the frame and includes two front wheels with a track width of W1. The rear wheel assembly is mounted on the frame and includes two rear wheels with a track width of W2. The wheelbase between the front and rear wheels is L, wherein 0.72 ≤ W1 / L ≤ 0.82, and / or 0.72 ≤ W2 / L ≤ 0.82. The all-terrain vehicle provided by this invention has the advantages of smooth handling and high lateral stability, low requirements for user driving skills, and good user driving experience and comfort.

A muscle-powered vehicle comprises a motor, a first gear to which torque is transmitted by the motor, and a second gear that meshes with the first gear. A control device for the muscle-powered vehicle includes a control unit configured to control the motor. In a case where a predetermined first condition is met, the control unit is configured to control the motor in a first control state in which a first torque is transmitted to the first gear to reduce noise caused by backlash between the first and second gears.

This vehicle includes: at least one front wheel and at least one rear wheel that are arranged at a front position and a rear position of a vehicle body, respectively; a suspension device that is arranged between a vehicle body configuration component and at least one of the front wheel and the rear wheel and has a vehicle height adjustment function; a control device that controls driving of an actuator which extends and contracts the suspension device; and a vehicle body angle detection device that detects an inclination angle of the vehicle body. When parking of the vehicle is detected, the control device measures the inclination angle of the vehicle body by the vehicle body angle detection device and extends or contracts the suspension device by driving the actuator so as to cause the inclination angle to be closer to a prescribed target angle.

A single track vehicle, in particular a motorcycle, comprising a frame (2), a swing arm (3) rotatable relative to the frame (2), and a leaf spring (4) connected on the one hand to the frame (2) and on the other hand to the swing arm (3) in order to obtain a spring action between the swing arm (3) and the frame (2), the leaf spring (4) being connected to the frame (2) via a first lever (5.1) and a first pivot bearing (6.1), Thus, a first pivot axis of the first pivot bearing (6.1) is laterally offset with respect to the leaf spring (4) based on the first lever (5.1) and / or the leaf spring (4) is connected to the swing arm (3) via a second lever (5.2) and a second pivot bearing (6.2), whereby a second pivot axis of the second pivot bearing (6.2) is laterally offset with respect to the leaf spring (4) based on the second lever (5.2).

The utility model provides a scooter frame rear shock-proof structure which comprises a fixing frame fixedly installed on a scooter frame, a connecting shaft is fixedly installed on the fixing frame through a fastener, and the outer sides of the two ends of the connecting shaft are both rotationally connected with rotating frames capable of being used for installing tires. The top sides of the two rotating frames are jointly and fixedly connected with a mounting frame, and the mounting frame is fixedly connected with a mud guard. Shock absorbers are connected to the two sides of the fixing frame. According to the utility model, through the matching of the mounting frame and the mudguard, the mudguard can be connected with the rotating frame, so that the mudguard can move along with a tire when the tire moves relative to the frame due to uneven road surface, and the damage of the mudguard caused by the contact and friction between the tire and the mudguard when the tire moves for an overlarge distance is prevented; and the service life of the product is prolonged.