Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus for suspending vehicles
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Application No.: US14849143Application Date: 2015-09-09
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Publication No.: US09656531B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Andrew Laird , Sante M. Pelot , William M. Becker , Dennis K. Wootten
- Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Scotts Valley
- Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Scotts Valley
- Main IPC: B60G17/052
- IPC: B60G17/052 ; B62K25/08 ; B60G17/048 ; F16F9/48 ; F16F9/06 ; F16F9/02 ; F16F9/46 ; B60G11/27

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for a shock absorber for a vehicle having a gas spring with first and second gas chambers, wherein the first chamber is utilized during a first travel portion of the shock absorber and the first and second chambers are both utilized during a second portion of travel. In one embodiment, a travel adjustment assembly is configured to selectively communicate a first gas chamber with a negative gas chamber.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150375594A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING VEHICLES Public/Granted day:2015-12-31
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