US 12,083,850 B2
Electronically controlled sway bar damping link
Rick Strickland, Scotts Valley, CA (US); Phillip A. Kendrick, Statham, GA (US); and Connor Randall, Salida, CO (US)
Assigned to Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by Fox Factory, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/084,442.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/291,868, filed on Dec. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271473 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B60G 21/055 (2006.01); F16F 9/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 21/0558 (2013.01) [F16F 9/20 (2013.01); B60G 2202/24 (2013.01); B60G 2202/413 (2013.01); B60G 2204/1224 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
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1. A sway bar system comprising:
a damping link that couples a first end of a sway bar to a first location on a vehicle, wherein said damping link comprises:
a body comprising a damping chamber and a reservoir;
a through shaft coupled to a piston, wherein said piston divides said chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber;
a high-pressure line fluidly coupled with said chamber and said reservoir, to allow fluid to flow from said first chamber and said second chamber to said reservoir; and
a low-pressure line fluidly coupled with said chamber and said reservoir, to allow fluid to flow from said reservoir to said first chamber and said second chamber, wherein said high-pressure line and said low-pressure line assist in self-centering said sway bar.