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Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Thomas Holaday, Arden, NC (US);

Season Chu, Tai-Chung, TW;

William O. Brown, IV, Hendersonville, NC (US);

Joshua Coaplen, Asheville, NC (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 7/04 (2006.01); F16K 17/04 (2006.01); F16K 17/08 (2006.01); F16K 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 17/0466 (2013.01); F16K 17/082 (2013.01); F16F 2230/06 (2013.01); F16F 2232/08 (2013.01); F16F 2236/04 (2013.01); F16F 2238/04 (2013.01); F16K 17/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A pressure balanced valve with integral pressure relief function is disclosed. The pressure relief valve includes a cap with an opening therein, a plunger configured to fill the opening in the cap, and a spring configured to hold the plunger against the cap. The pressure relief valve providing a fluid pathway through a piston, wherein the fluid pathway extends between a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber and provides a bypass for fluid to flow from the second fluid chamber to the first fluid chamber when a pressure of a fluid in the second fluid chamber is above a blow-off pressure of the pressure relief valve.


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