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Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Nick D'Orazio, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Michael R. Labbe, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Rick Strickland, Dacula, GA (US);

Connor Randall, Salida, CO (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 15/06 (2006.01); F16F 9/32 (2006.01); F16F 9/512 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 15/062 (2013.01); F16F 9/3264 (2013.01); F16F 9/5126 (2013.01); B60G 2202/312 (2013.01); B60G 2500/114 (2013.01);
Abstract

A shock assembly with automatically adjustable ride height is disclosed. The assembly includes a main chamber including a fluid therein. A pump tube within the main chamber, the pump tube having a fluid flow path internal thereto, the pump tube disposed axially along a center of the main chamber. A damping piston coupled to a shaft, the damping piston and a portion of the shaft disposed axially about the pump tube, 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 a tube-in-shaft pump assembly and a spring preload piston assembly.


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