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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Inventor:
Regan Woelfel, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/016 (2006.01); B60G 13/06 (2006.01); B60G 17/056 (2006.01); F16F 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/466 (2013.01); B60G 13/06 (2013.01); B60G 17/056 (2013.01); B60G 2202/24 (2013.01); B60G 2500/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle damper assembly is disclosed. The damper includes a reservoir, a cylinder having an inner diameter (ID) and fluidly coupled with the reservoir and a rod and a piston. The piston coupled to the rod and configured to divide the cylinder into a compression side and a rebound side. The damper further includes an active base valve to provide independent flow control for a reservoir flow path between the cylinder and the reservoir. The damper also includes an active main valve to provide independent flow control for a piston flow path fluidly coupling the compression side with the rebound side.