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Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 24, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Everet Owen Ericksen, Woodland, CA (US);

Andrew Diao, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Mike Fraguglia, Meadow Vista, CA (US);

Evan Peterson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

James T. Pickett, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); B60G 17/019 (2006.01); B60G 17/08 (2006.01); B62J 45/414 (2020.01); B62K 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/0165 (2013.01); B60G 17/01908 (2013.01); B60G 17/08 (2013.01); B62J 45/414 (2020.02); B62K 25/04 (2013.01); B60G 2300/12 (2013.01); B60G 2500/104 (2013.01); B62K 2025/044 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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