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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 26, 2020
Applicant:

Fox Factory, Inc., Braselton, GA (US);

Inventor:

Andrew Laird, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/02 (2006.01); F16F 9/46 (2006.01); B62K 25/04 (2006.01); F16F 9/44 (2006.01); F16F 9/06 (2006.01); B62K 25/30 (2006.01); B62K 25/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/0281 (2013.01); B62K 25/04 (2013.01); B62K 25/286 (2013.01); B62K 25/30 (2013.01); F16F 9/0245 (2013.01); F16F 9/062 (2013.01); F16F 9/44 (2013.01); F16F 9/461 (2013.01); B62K 2025/044 (2013.01); B62K 2025/045 (2013.01); B62K 2025/048 (2013.01); F16F 9/46 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0005 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0064 (2013.01); F16F 2230/186 (2013.01); F16F 2230/32 (2013.01); F16F 2230/36 (2013.01);
Abstract

A multi-mode air shock is disclosed herein. The air shock includes an air spring having a primary air chamber, and a damper having an insertion end to telescope within the primary air chamber and a coupler to couple with a portion of a vehicle. An adjuster housing is fixedly coupled to an end of the air spring opposite of the damper, the adjuster housing having a secondary air chamber in communication with the primary air chamber and a mounting structure to couple with a different portion of the vehicle. There is a bulkhead with a valve to open or close the fluid communication between the primary air chamber and the secondary air chamber. The air shock also includes a tertiary air chamber in fluid communication with the secondary air chamber but not in fluid communication with the primary air chamber except via the secondary air chamber.


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