Swingarm Stabilizer Hexagonal Passage Inhibits Lateral Movement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Certain motorcycle swingarms experience unwanted lateral movement due to manufacturing tolerances, leading to instability, especially during cornering maneuvers.
Innovation Solution
A swingarm stabilizer device with a cylindrical body having a first portion with a greater diameter than the second portion, featuring a hollow hexagonal passage that extends through both portions, designed to be operably coupled to the swingarm to inhibit lateral movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If manufacturing tolerances are increased to facilitate assembly, then ease of manufacture is improved, but lateral movement of the swingarm increases causing instability
Solution Approach 1:
The stabilizer device acts as an intermediary component between the swingarm and the frame. It features a stabilizing element with a stabilizing surface that contacts the swingarm and a stabilizing structure that contacts the frame, thereby mediating the connection and preventing excessive lateral movement while accommodating manufacturing tolerances
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the geometric parameters of the connection system by introducing a stabilizing element with specific dimensions and orientations. The stabilizing surface is positioned at a specific angle and distance from the pivot axis, creating a mechanical constraint that limits lateral movement without affecting the primary suspension function
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AI summary
A swingarm stabilizer that is configured to be mounted onto a swingarm wherein the present invention is operable to inhibit any lateral movement of the swingarm. The present invention includes a body wherein the body is comprised of a first portion and a second portion that are contiguously formed. The first portion has a diameter that is greater than the diameter of the second portion. The first portion has a first passage extending therethrough with an opening at the first end of the body. The first passage is contiguous with the second passage wherein the second passage extends through the second portion of the body having an opening at the second end of the body. The first passage is cylindrical in shape while the second passage is hexagonal in shape. The first passage has a diameter that is less than the diameter of the second passage.