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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Fox Factory, Inc., Watsonville, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Laird, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Sante M. Pelot, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
William M. Becker, Aptos, CA (US);
Dennis K. Wootten, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fox Factory, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/052 (2006.01); B62K 25/08 (2006.01); B60G 17/048 (2006.01); F16F 9/48 (2006.01); F16F 9/06 (2006.01); F16F 9/02 (2006.01); F16F 9/46 (2006.01); B60G 11/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 17/052 (2013.01); B60G 11/27 (2013.01); B60G 17/048 (2013.01); B62K 25/08 (2013.01); F16F 9/0209 (2013.01); F16F 9/0236 (2013.01); F16F 9/063 (2013.01); F16F 9/46 (2013.01); F16F 9/48 (2013.01); F16F 9/486 (2013.01); B60G 2202/152 (2013.01); B60G 2300/12 (2013.01); B60G 2500/2064 (2013.01); B60G 2500/22 (2013.01); B60G 2600/21 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a shock absorber for a vehicle having a gas spring with first and second gas chambers, wherein the first chamber is utilized during a first travel portion of the shock absorber and the first and second chambers are both utilized during a second portion of travel. In one embodiment, a travel adjustment assembly is configured to selectively communicate a first gas chamber with a negative gas chamber.