US 12,030,357 B2
Adjustable sensitivity controlling system for shock absorbers
Daniel J. Worley, Lake Elsinore, CA (US); and Clement J. Fiore, Corona, CA (US)
Assigned to SUSPENSION DIRECT, INC., Lake Elsinore, CA (US)
Filed by SUSPENSION DIRECT, INC., Lake Elsinore, CA (US)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,246.
Prior Publication US 2022/0355637 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); B60G 13/08 (2006.01); B60G 17/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/0165 (2013.01) [B60G 13/08 (2013.01); B60G 17/08 (2013.01); B60G 2202/24 (2013.01); B60G 2204/62 (2013.01); B60G 2206/41 (2013.01); B60G 2500/104 (2013.01); B60G 2600/182 (2013.01); B60G 2600/20 (2013.01); B60G 2800/162 (2013.01); B60G 2800/916 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable sensitivity controlling system for shock absorbers, comprising at least one shock absorber composed of: a main body comprising a mounting eyelet, a main shaft traveling through said main body and comprising a piston and a mounting eyelet, a bi-directional electronically controlled valve, an electronic control unit composed of inputs terminals and associated wiring, and outputs terminals and associated wiring, a set of vehicle sensors broadcasting data relating to vehicle's operational parameters, including speed, brake pressure, throttle position, tilt angles, accelerations, shock shafts velocities and shock shafts positions, and a user interface, and where said shock absorber is linking one vehicle's wheel axle side to said vehicle's frame side, said user interface allows a vehicle's user to manually and remotely adjust, calibrate, increase, or decrease the sensitivity of each electronic signals generated by said vehicle's set of sensors, said electronic control unit is programmed with an algorithm that determined electronic outputs automatically, by receiving and calculating said generated and adjusted electronic signals transmitted through said inputs terminal and associated wiring, said bi-directional electronically controlled valve is piloted by said electronic outputs generated by said electronic control unit and transmitted through said outputs terminal and associated wiring, and where the operation of said bi-directional electronically controlled valve regulate the flow rate of fluid within said shock absorber, which ultimately increases or decreases the response characteristics of said vehicle's shock absorbers.