US 12,234,879 B2
User accessible shock travel spacer
Damon Gilbert, Aptos, CA (US); Andrew Laird, Los Gatos, CA (US); Bryan Wesley Anderson, Santa Cruz, CA (US); William M. Becker, Aptos, CA (US); and William O. Brown, IV, Aptos, CA (US)
Assigned to Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/225,942.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/007,906, filed on Apr. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0317891 A1, Oct. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. F16F 9/02 (2006.01); F16F 9/44 (2006.01); F16F 9/58 (2006.01); B62K 25/04 (2006.01); B62K 25/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16F 9/0245 (2013.01) [F16F 9/0218 (2013.01); F16F 9/44 (2013.01); F16F 9/585 (2013.01); B62K 2025/048 (2013.01); B62K 25/06 (2013.01); B62K 2201/08 (2013.01); F16F 2222/126 (2013.01); F16F 2232/08 (2013.01); F16F 2234/02 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A travel spacer assembly comprising:
a retaining cap comprising:
a retaining cap thickness; and
a retaining cap opening therethrough, said retaining cap opening having a diameter (D) that is larger than an outer diameter (OD) of a shaft of a shock assembly;
at least one fastener to fasten said retaining cap with a portion of said shock assembly about said shaft, such that said retaining cap reduces a stroke length of said shaft of said shock assembly by said retaining cap thickness;
at least one travel spacer comprising:
a travel spacer thickness;
a travel spacer opening therethrough, said travel spacer opening having a diameter that is larger than said OD of said shaft of said shock assembly; and
at least two separable pieces, such that said travel spacer is installed about said shaft of said shock assembly to form said at least one travel spacer, such that said travel spacer is configured to be installed about said shaft of said shock assembly to form said travel spacer without requiring removal of said shaft from said shock assembly, said travel spacer reducing said stroke length of said shaft of said shock assembly by said travel spacer thickness to enable an end user to customize said stroke length for said shock assembly;
an air sleeve of said shock assembly to form an air chamber;
a piston coupled with said shaft;
said piston dividing said air chamber into a positive air chamber side and a negative air chamber side; and
said at least one travel spacer coupled to said negative air chamber side of said shaft.