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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2023
Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Thomas Holaday, Arden, NC (US);
Season Chu, Tai-Chung, TW;
William O. Brown, IV, Hendersonville, NC (US);
Joshua Coaplen, Asheville, NC (US);
Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
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.