US 12,134,296 B2
Adjustable suspension components for bicycles
R. Joe Schoolcraft, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US); Geoff Nichols, San Luis Obispo, CA (US); Warren Chambliss, Colorado Springs, CO (US); Mark Santurbane, Colorado Springs, CO (US); and C. Michael Liberato, II, Mason, MI (US)
Assigned to SRAM, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by SRAM, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/858,161.
Prior Publication US 2021/0331550 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. B60G 17/06 (2006.01); B60G 17/015 (2006.01); B60W 10/22 (2006.01); B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 40/10 (2012.01); B62K 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/06 (2013.01) [B60G 17/015 (2013.01); B60W 10/22 (2013.01); B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 40/10 (2013.01); B62K 25/04 (2013.01); B60G 2300/12 (2013.01); B62K 2201/08 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A suspension component for a bicycle, the suspension component comprising:
a damper operable in a low damping state, a high damping state, and an intermediate damping state between the low damping state and the high damping state;
a motion controller operable to change the damper between the low damping state, the intermediate damping state, and the high damping state; and
a processor to, based on sensor data, activate the motion controller to change the damper between the intermediate damping state and one of the low damping state or the high damping state,
wherein the processor is to, based on the sensor data, select values for one or more flags representative of parameters of a state of the bicycle and/or a riding environment of the bicycle, wherein the processor is to select one of the low damping state, the intermediate damping state, or the high damping state based on the values of the one or more flags,
wherein when the damper is in the low damping state, the processor is to check one or more of the flags using a first process;
when the damper is in the intermediate damping state, the processor is to check one or more of the flags using a second process that is different than the first process; and
when the damper is in the high damping state, the processor is to check one or more of the flags using a third process that is different than the first process and the second process.