US 12,379,011 B2
Electronic modal base valve
Connor Randall, Salida, CO (US)
Assigned to Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Jun. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/850,961.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/215,793, filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0412426 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. F16K 31/02 (2006.01); F16F 9/46 (2006.01); B62M 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16F 9/46 (2013.01) [F16K 31/02 (2013.01); B62M 2027/026 (2013.01); F16F 2222/12 (2013.01); F16F 2228/066 (2013.01); F16F 2230/18 (2013.01); F16F 2232/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic modal base valve for a shock assembly comprising:
a motive component;
a controller communicatively coupled with said motive component; and
a control valve coupled with said motive component, wherein said controller is configured to control an operation of said motive component, wherein a movement of said motive component is configured to cause said control valve to adjust a flow rate for a flow path through said electronic modal base valve, wherein said control valve is a rotary spool valve, and wherein said motive component is rotary based such that all of the motion of said motive component is rotary and said electronic modal base valve does not require a conversion between rotary movement and linear movement.