Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for combined variable damping and variable spring rate suspension
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Application No.: US16564535Application Date: 2019-09-09
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Publication No.: US11181163B2Publication Date: 2021-11-23
- Inventor: Dennis K. Wootten , Robert C. Fox , Joshua Benjamin Yablon , David M. Haugen
- Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US GA Duluth
- Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Duluth
- Main IPC: F16F9/512
- IPC: F16F9/512 ; B60G15/12 ; B60G17/04 ; B60G17/08 ; F16F9/34 ; F16F9/44 ; B60G17/048

Abstract:
Pressure-sensitive vales are incorporated within a dampening system to permit user-adjustable tuning of a shock absorber. In one embodiment, a pressure-sensitive valve includes an isolated gas chamber having a pressure therein that is settable by a user.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190390732A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINED VARIABLE DAMPING AND VARIABLE SPRING RATE SUSPENSION Public/Granted day:2019-12-26
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