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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2024
Applicant:
Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Inventors:
Season Chu, Tai-Chung, TW;
Thomas Holaday, Arden, NC (US);
Joshua Coaplen, Asheville, NC (US);
William O. Brown, IV, Aptos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/34 (2006.01); F16K 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/3405 (2013.01); B60G 2202/41 (2013.01); F16K 1/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A canned valve seal is disclosed. The valve seal is used within a gland formed in a piston body, the valve seal providing a fluid seal between the body and a valve when the valve is in a closed position, the valve seal includes a stiff component and a sealing material about the stiff component.