Abstract: A shock absorber assembly with adjustable height for two-wheeled motor vehicles and the like, including a shock absorber with a spring, e.g. a helical spring coaxial to the shock absorber, the shock absorber having a nominal length (L) and at least two couplings operatively connected to the suspension of the vehicle, the spring having a first end and a second end; the shock absorber assembly includes at least one hydraulic fluid pusher installed in series with the spring, the pusher acts on either end of the spring or the pusher acts on either coupling, a source of pressurise hydraulic fluid in fluid connection with the pusher and to actuate the pusher, the shock absorber assembly includes an accumulator tank assembly in fluid connection with the pusher, the accumulator tank assembly in turn includes one tank and a solenoid valve.
Abstract: A fork assembly having an external pipe closed on top with a first plug, an internal pipe slidably housed inside the external pipe, and a cartridge disposed inside the internal pipe and closed with a closing bush. The fork also has an electrovalve disposed in intermediate position between the closing bush of the cartridge and the first plug of the external pipe.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 25, 2013
Date of Patent:
August 23, 2016
Assignee:
VRM S.P.A.
Inventors:
Enrico Pezzi, Francesco Frontali, Claudio Caporaletti