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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2021
Applicant:
Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Laird, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/44 (2006.01); F16F 9/34 (2006.01); F16K 1/52 (2006.01); F16K 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/44 (2013.01); F16F 9/34 (2013.01); F16K 1/14 (2013.01); F16K 1/523 (2013.01); F16F 2228/066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A damping adjuster is disclosed herein. The damping adjuster includes an adjuster housing and an adjuster shaft. The adjuster shaft rotatable within the adjuster housing, the adjuster shaft comprising a variable flow area feature, the variable flow area feature formed annularly about a portion of the adjuster shaft, the variable flow area feature comprising a plurality of different flow area values therealong. The damping adjuster also includes a fluid flow path through the adjuster housing, wherein the fluid flow path includes the variable flow area feature of the adjuster shaft.