公开(公告)号：US11964726B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-23

申请号：US16999705

申请日：2020-08-21

申请人： SHOWA CORPORATION

发明人： Yuka Kubotera

IPC分类号： F16F9/32 ,  B60G15/06 ,  B60G17/02 ,  B60G17/08 ,  B62K25/04 ,  B62K25/28 ,  F16F9/36 ,  F16F9/06

CPC分类号： B62K25/283 ,  B60G15/063 ,  B60G15/068 ,  B60G17/021 ,  B60G17/08 ,  F16F9/3242 ,  F16F9/3271 ,  F16F9/369 ,  B60G2202/312 ,  B60G2204/1242 ,  B60G2204/128 ,  B60G2204/129 ,  B60G2206/41 ,  B60G2300/12 ,  B60G2500/20 ,  B60G2600/20 ,  B60G2800/162 ,  B62K2025/048 ,  F16F9/065 ,  F16F2222/12 ,  F16F2228/066

摘要： A shock absorber includes: a damper tube accommodating a piston in a reciprocally movable manner; a suspension spring for urging the damper tube and a piston rod in opposite directions; a first male screw provided on an outer peripheral surface of the damper tube; a first nut screwed into the first male screw so as to enable a spring load of the suspension spring to be adjusted; a second nut screwed into the first male screw so as to enable a position of the first nut in an axial direction of the damper tube to be fixed; a second male screw having a reverse screw configuration to the first male screw and provided on the outer peripheral surface of the damper tube; and a damper head screwed into the second male screw so as to enable the damper head to cover one end portion of the damper tube.

公开(公告)号：US11958328B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-16

申请号：US17003746

申请日：2020-08-26

申请人： Fox Factory, Inc.

发明人： Mario Galasso ,  Joseph Franklin ,  Andrew Laird ,  Charles Bass ,  Ryan Bavetta

IPC分类号： B60G17/018 ,  B60G17/015 ,  B60G17/017 ,  B60G17/019 ,  B60G17/04 ,  B60G17/06 ,  B62J45/41 ,  B62J45/42 ,  B62K25/04 ,  B62K25/28

CPC分类号： B60G17/018 ,  B60G17/015 ,  B60G17/017 ,  B60G17/019 ,  B60G17/04 ,  B60G17/0424 ,  B60G17/06 ,  B62J45/41 ,  B62J45/42 ,  B62K25/04 ,  B62K25/286 ,  B60G2204/61 ,  B60G2206/99 ,  B60G2300/12 ,  B60G2401/14 ,  B60G2401/142 ,  B60G2500/102 ,  B60G2500/30 ,  B60G2600/04 ,  B60G2600/182 ,  B60G2600/20 ,  B60G2600/704 ,  B62K2025/044 ,  B62K2025/047 ,  B62K2025/048 ,  G06T2207/20021 ,  G06T2207/30248 ,  G06T2207/30252 ,  G06T2210/22

摘要： A method and apparatus are disclosed that assist a user in performing proper setup of a vehicle suspension. A user may utilize a device equipped with an image sensor to assist the user in proper setup of a vehicle suspension. The device executes an application that prompts the user for input and instructs the user to perform a number of steps for adjusting the suspension components. In one embodiment, the application does not communicate with sensors on the vehicle. In another embodiment, the application may communicate with various sensors located on the vehicle to provide feedback to the device during the setup routine. In one embodiment, the device may analyze a digital image of a suspension component to provide feedback about a physical characteristic of the component.

公开(公告)号：US11840120B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17185691

申请日：2021-02-25

申请人： Fox Factory, Inc.

发明人： Connor Randall

IPC分类号： B60G17/048 ,  B60G15/12 ,  B63B34/10 ,  B60G15/06

CPC分类号： B60G17/048 ,  B60G15/12 ,  B60G15/065 ,  B60G2202/32 ,  B60G2204/62 ,  B60G2300/07 ,  B60G2300/12 ,  B60G2300/322 ,  B60G2500/30 ,  B60G2600/182 ,  B60G2800/914 ,  B63B34/10

摘要： A shock assembly with automatically adjustable ride height. The shock assembly includes a main chamber with a working fluid therein. A damping piston coupled to a piston shaft, the damping piston disposed in the main chamber to divide the main chamber into a compression side fluid chamber and a rebound side fluid chamber. An automatic ride height adjustment assembly including an internal floating piston (IFP) pump assembly and a spring preload piston assembly.

公开(公告)号：US11833876B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-05

申请号：US17374895

申请日：2021-07-13

申请人： Fox Factory, Inc.

发明人： Everet Owen Ericksen ,  Andrew Diao ,  Mike Fraguglia ,  Evan Peterson ,  James T. Pickett

IPC分类号： B60G17/0165 ,  B62K25/04 ,  B62J45/414 ,  B60G17/019 ,  B60G17/08

CPC分类号： B60G17/0165 ,  B60G17/01908 ,  B60G17/08 ,  B62J45/414 ,  B62K25/04 ,  B60G2300/12 ,  B60G2500/104 ,  B62K2025/044

摘要： A rough road detection system is disclosed. The system includes a sensor data receiver to receive sensor data from one or more sensors monitoring a vehicle. A sensor data evaluator to: identify a repeating pattern in the sensor data, the repeating pattern indicative of a terrain type being traversed by the vehicle, determine a value of the repeating pattern, obtain a present set of operational values for at least one damping characteristic of an active valve damper coupled with the vehicle, and modify the present set of operational values for the at least one damping characteristic of the active valve damper based on the value of the repeating pattern to develop a modified set of operational values for the at least one damping characteristic of the active valve damper.

公开(公告)号：US20230364960A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-16

申请号：US18054785

申请日：2022-11-11

申请人： Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.

发明人： Masato TOKUHARA

IPC分类号： B60G17/017 ,  B60R25/33 ,  B60G17/019

CPC分类号： B60G17/017 ,  B60R25/33 ,  B60G17/019 ,  B60R2325/306 ,  B60G2300/12 ,  B60G2400/71 ,  B60G2500/11

摘要： This control system comprises: a control device which, while a vehicle is driven, receives power to control the operation of a moving part and which, while the vehicle is stopped, does not receive power; and a system which is capable of communicating with the control device, and which, when the vehicle is stopped, receives power so as to be capable of ascertaining first information pertaining to time or which is capable of acquiring, during the driving, second information pertaining to times before and after when the vehicle was stopped. When the vehicle is restarted after being stopped, the control device uses at least one of the first information and the second information received from the system to ascertain the time elapsed while the vehicle was stopped, and uses the elapsed time to control the operation of the moving part.

公开(公告)号：US11701938B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US17177934

申请日：2021-02-17

申请人： Ronald D. Shaw ,  David M. Byrd ,  Cody Byrd ,  Evan Shaw

发明人： Ronald D. Shaw ,  David M. Byrd ,  Cody Byrd ,  Evan Shaw

IPC分类号： B60G17/015 ,  B60G17/06

CPC分类号： B60G17/015 ,  B60G17/06 ,  B60G2300/12 ,  B60G2400/252 ,  B60G2600/0422 ,  B60G2600/70

摘要： A suspension monitoring and adjustment system for an off-road vehicle includes a distance sensor arranged to measure shock displacement of a suspension of the vehicle. The system may include an output device configured to output shock displacement data generated by the distance sensor and a processor or programmable circuit operable to produce a visual representation of the shock displacement data output by the output device. The system may include a processor or programmable circuit operable to generate an adjustment signal based on shock displacement data generated by the distance sensor and a suspension adjuster arranged to adjust the suspension of the vehicle in response to the adjustment signal.

公开(公告)号：US11679641B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-20

申请号：US17373397

申请日：2021-07-12

申请人： Fox Factory, Inc.

发明人： Andrew Laird ,  Robert C. Fox

IPC分类号： B60G17/08 ,  B60G15/12 ,  B62K25/06 ,  F16F9/06 ,  F16F9/46 ,  B60G13/08 ,  B62K25/28 ,  F16F9/44 ,  B62K25/04

CPC分类号： B60G17/08 ,  B60G13/08 ,  B60G15/12 ,  B62K25/06 ,  B62K25/28 ,  B62K25/283 ,  F16F9/065 ,  F16F9/446 ,  F16F9/466 ,  B60G2202/314 ,  B60G2300/12 ,  B60G2500/11 ,  B60G2800/162 ,  B62K2025/048 ,  F16F2228/066

摘要： Altering the damping rate of a vehicle suspension damper. A pressure of a damping fluid is exerted against a second valve mechanism connected to the vehicle suspension damper. The pressure of the damping fluid is increased beyond a threshold of the second valve mechanism that is adjustable by an adjustment member. The adjustment member is exposed through a high pressure side of the vehicle suspension damper. The second valve mechanism is then opened.

公开(公告)号：US20230174189A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US17984746

申请日：2022-11-10

申请人： Fox Factory, Inc.

发明人： Sante PELOT

IPC分类号： B62K25/08 ,  F16F9/06 ,  F16F9/512 ,  B60G11/27 ,  B60G15/12 ,  F16F9/02

CPC分类号： B62K25/08 ,  F16F9/06 ,  F16F9/512 ,  B60G11/27 ,  B60G15/12 ,  F16F9/062 ,  F16F9/0209 ,  B60G2202/32 ,  B62K2201/08 ,  B60G2300/12 ,  B60G15/06

摘要： A spring for a suspension is described. The spring includes: a spring chamber divided into at least a primary portion and a secondary portion, and a fluid flow path coupled with and between the primary portion and the secondary portion. The fluid flow path includes a bypass mechanism, wherein the bypass mechanism is configured for automatically providing resistance within the fluid flow path in response to a compressed condition of the suspension.

公开(公告)号：US09868489B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-16

申请号：US15072808

申请日：2016-03-17

申请人： Showa Corporation

发明人： Yosuke Murakami

IPC分类号： B62K25/08 ,  B60G17/048 ,  F16F1/12 ,  F16F13/00 ,  B62K25/04

CPC分类号： B62K25/08 ,  B60G17/048 ,  B60G2202/413 ,  B60G2202/414 ,  B60G2300/12 ,  B60G2500/322 ,  B62K2025/044 ,  B62K2025/045 ,  B62K2201/04 ,  F16F1/121 ,  F16F13/007 ,  F16F2232/08

摘要： A vehicle height adjustment device includes a cylinder, a piston, a rod, a spring, an adjustor, a storage chamber, and a passage switch unit. The piston divides a space inside the cylinder. The rod has one end in the axial direction holding the piston and has the other end supported at a vehicle wheel side. The spring has one end in the axial direction supported at the body side and has the other end supported at the wheel side. The adjustor includes an accommodation chamber of fluid and supports the one end of the spring to adjust a length of the spring in accordance with an amount of the fluid in the accommodation chamber. The passage switch unit closes an opening of the cylinder and includes first and second communication passages to switch a passage for the fluid in accordance with a movement of the piston.

公开(公告)号：US09855812B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-02

申请号：US14848947

申请日：2015-09-09

申请人： Fox Factory, Inc.

发明人： Mario Galasso ,  Joshua Benjamin Yablon ,  Andrew Laird ,  William M. Becker ,  Joseph Franklin ,  Dennis K. Wootten

IPC分类号： F16F13/00 ,  F16D1/00 ,  B60G17/052 ,  B60G11/27 ,  F15D1/00 ,  F16F9/02 ,  F16F9/16 ,  B60G13/10 ,  B62K25/08

CPC分类号： B60G17/052 ,  B60G11/27 ,  B60G13/10 ,  B60G2300/12 ,  B62K25/08 ,  F15D1/00 ,  F16F9/02 ,  F16F9/0218 ,  F16F9/16 ,  F16F13/00 ,  Y10T137/87161

摘要： A method and apparatus for a vehicle suspension system gas spring. In one embodiment, a vehicle suspension system gas spring includes a compressible main gas chamber and an additional volume combinable with the main chamber to change a gas spring rate of the system. In one embodiment, a low friction piston seal is created by a flexible seal member.