US 11,833,874 B2
Shock absorber
John Marking, El Cajon, CA (US); and Vegard Hamso, El Cajon, CA (US)
Assigned to Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,294.
Application 16/246,217 is a division of application No. 14/488,894, filed on Sep. 17, 2014, granted, now 10,183,539, issued on Jan. 22, 2019.
Application 17/725,294 is a continuation of application No. 16/600,347, filed on Oct. 11, 2019, granted, now 11,318,803.
Application 16/600,347 is a continuation of application No. 16/246,217, filed on Jan. 11, 2019, granted, now 10,576,803, issued on Mar. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0242187 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60G 15/12 (2006.01); B60G 15/06 (2006.01); F16F 9/06 (2006.01); F16F 9/34 (2006.01); F16F 9/346 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 15/12 (2013.01) [B60G 15/065 (2013.01); F16F 9/062 (2013.01); F16F 9/067 (2013.01); F16F 9/346 (2013.01); B60G 2202/314 (2013.01); B60G 2206/41 (2013.01); B60G 2500/10 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shock absorber comprising:
a cylinder having an interior and a cylindrical axis, said cylinder having a first end and a second end, wherein said interior comprises a damping fluid chamber and a damping piston, said damping piston mounted on a first end of a shaft, wherein said first end of said shaft is retained within said interior of said cylinder and movable along at least a portion of said cylindrical axis such that said damping piston is movable within said interior of said cylinder between said first end of said interior of said cylinder and said second end of said interior of said cylinder;
a first bypass opening configured for opening into said damping fluid chamber at a first axial position of said cylinder;
a second bypass opening configured for opening into said damping fluid chamber at second axial position of said cylinder, said first axial position and said second axial position being spaced apart from each other;
a bypass channel fluidically coupling said first bypass opening and said second bypass opening;
a reservoir chamber;
a gas chamber;
a floating piston disposed separating said gas chamber and said reservoir chamber;
a fluid metering valve disposed to meter fluid flow between said damping fluid chamber and said reservoir chamber; and
an air spring.