Appeal No. 2005-2108 Page 5
Application No. 10/360,982
assembly within the tube; (4) a piston rod connected to the damping piston assembly
and extending through the tube and the rod guide assembly; (5) a rebound cut-off disk
suspended in the tube between the rod guide assembly and the damping piston
assembly and cooperating with the damping piston assembly to provide a rebound
cut-off effect between the rebound cut-off disk and damping piston assembly; and (6) a
spring disposed between the rebound cut-off disk and the rod guide assembly, wherein
the disk has a specific gravity that is greater than the specific gravity of the liquid
whereby the disk moves in the fluid toward the bottom end in response to its own
weight.
Curnutt's invention relates to an inertia-responsive shock absorber arranged to
be horizontally mounted for absorbing rear wheel shocks of a motorcycle. The shock
absorber is designed to be horizontally mounted on a motorcycle and incorporates a
weight responsive to acceleration and deceleration forces developed by the motorcycle
itself. The arrangement is such that the weight will decrease the damping hydraulic fluid
resistance under accelerating conditions and increase the hydraulic damping fluid
resistance under decelerating conditions.
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