US 11,718,362 B2
Crown air volume
Joshua Coaplen, Asheville, NC (US); Christopher Otterness, Asheville, NC (US); and Daniel McCormick, Santa Cruz, CA (US)
Assigned to Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/158,837.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/968,905, filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0237824 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. B62K 21/04 (2006.01); B62K 25/08 (2006.01); B62K 25/04 (2006.01)
CPC B62K 21/04 (2013.01) [B62K 25/08 (2013.01); B62K 2025/044 (2013.01); B62K 2025/048 (2013.01); B62K 2201/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crown comprising:
at least one crown fluid chamber comprising:
a first volume;
a fork side opening, said fork side opening for fluidly coupling said at least one crown fluid chamber with at least one fluid spring chamber of a fork leg to provide an additional amount of available fluid volume to said at least one fluid spring chamber; and
a switch coupled with said fork side opening, said switch to open or close said fork side opening to control a fluid flow between said at least one crown fluid chamber and said at least one fluid spring chamber of said fork leg.