Steering damper and device for mounting a steering damper

US7891681B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ohlins Racing AB · SE

Inventors

• Leif Gustafsson · Malå, SE
• Lars Jansson · Stuvsta-Snättringe, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 2008
• Grant date: Feb 22, 2011
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16F9/12
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A steering clamper designed for use on a vehicle handlebar connected to a part rotatable about a steering axle coinciding with the center of a steering column. The steering damper comprises an outer housing enclosing a damping-medium-filled main chamber divided into two chambers by a demarcating wing rotatable about a first wing end. The outer face of the wing end rotates in a cutout in the housing. The first wing end is fixed to a first end of a lever which rotates relative to said outer housing. The lever connects, the steering damper rotating with the steering device to the vehicle frame. In the outer housing there is a cavity, the center line of which coincides with the steering axle, designed to accommodate a fastening element which joins the steering damper to the part rotatable about the steering axle.