MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514095251 A) filed by Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, Shizuoka, Japan, on Oct. 3, 2025, for 'suspension device and straddled vehicle having the same.'
Inventor(s) include Keisuke Takahashi.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "There is disclosed a suspension device (1) includinga cylinder (10), a piston rod (20), a spring (30), a spring bearing (43) supporting a first end (31) of the spring (30), a stopper (13) projecting outward in a radial direction of the cylinder (10), and an adjuster (50) supporting a second end (32) of the spring (30) and being supported by the stopper (13), the adjuster (50) being rotatable relative to the cylinder (10); the adjuster (50) including a spring seat (60) having a plurality of cam surfaces (66), each having a different position in the axial direction of the cylinder (10) and being engaged with the stopper (13), and a grip (70) that rotates together with the spring seat (60) and has a gripping surface (70a) to be gripped by a hand of an operator."
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