US 12,350,991 B2
Plug and play suspension
Asimm Hirani, Atlanta, GA (US); Robert Stanford, Alpharetta, GA (US); Nobuhiko Negishi, Santa Cruz, CA (US); Andrew Peterson, Braselton, GA (US); Rick Strickland, Scotts Valley, CA (US); James Alens, Gainesville, GA (US); and Connor Randall, Scotts Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,593.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/280,965, filed on Nov. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0150333 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. B60G 17/08 (2006.01); B60G 17/015 (2006.01); B60G 17/018 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/08 (2013.01) [B60G 17/0152 (2013.01); B60G 17/018 (2013.01); B60G 2202/415 (2013.01); B60G 2600/202 (2013.01); B60G 2800/91 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plug and play suspension system comprising:
at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly;
a controller; and
a communications network to communicatively couple said controller with said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly, wherein said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly includes an active valve configured to automatically adjust its operation and corresponding damping characteristics of said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly based upon operational information pertaining to a vehicle to which said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly is coupled, wherein said active valve is configured to automatically adjust its operation and said corresponding damping characteristics of said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly based upon operation of said vehicle and wherein said corresponding damping characteristics are dynamically adjusted to any setting during use of said vehicle.