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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Fox Factory, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dennis K. Wootten, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Robert C. Fox, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Joshua Benjamin Yablon, Oakland, CA (US);
David M. Haugen, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Assignee:
Fox Factory, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/34 (2006.01); F16F 9/512 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/5126 (2013.01); F16F 9/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
Pressure-sensitive vales are incorporated within a dampening system to permit user-adjustable tuning of a shock absorber. In one embodiment, a pressure-sensitive valve includes an isolated gas chamber having a pressure therein that is settable by a user.