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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Inventor:
Ivan Tong, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/34 (2006.01); F16K 17/04 (2006.01); F16F 9/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 17/048 (2013.01); F16F 9/34 (2013.01); F16F 9/19 (2013.01); F16K 17/0433 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein is a pressure balanced valve comprising: an armature, wherein the armature has an inlet channel, at least one aperture, and a pressure feedback pin disposed within a hollow interior of the armature, a poppet slidably disposed within the hollow interior and around the pressure feedback pin to enable fluid communication between the pressure feedback pin and the poppet, the poppet and the pressure feedback pin cooperatively comprising the pressure balanced valve, wherein the poppet has at least one channel therethrough, and a biasing spring fit to bias the poppet towards closing the inlet channel.