US 12,459,326 B2
Adjustable shock adapter
Justin Smith, Wittmann, AZ (US)
Assigned to Shock Therapy Suspension, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by Shock Therapy Suspension, Inc., Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/647,884.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/498,734, filed on Apr. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0359522 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/021 (2013.01) [B60G 2202/12 (2013.01); B60G 2202/441 (2013.01); B60G 2204/61 (2013.01); B60G 2500/30 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adjustable shock adapter attachable to a non-adjustable shock absorber on a UTV or other vehicle, comprising:
a tubular component configured to slide onto a shaft of the non-adjustable shock absorber, the tubular component having an inner surface defining an aperture allowing mounting of the tubular component to the shaft of the non-adjustable shock absorber;
a collar mountable on the tubular component, the collar being movable upwards or downwards along the tubular component and having threads formed on an inner surface thereof, the threads being mateably engageable with threads formed on an outer surface of the tubular component; and
a first rim extending radially outward from the outer surface of the tubular component, located on a bottom end of the tubular component and abutting against a fixed component of the non-adjustable shock absorber to prevent the tubular component from sliding past the fixed component of the non-adjustable shock absorber;
wherein, when the adjustable shock adapter is fitted to the non-adjustable shock absorber, the collar pressed against a spring of the non-adjustable shock absorber enables adjustment of the height of the UTV by moving the collar up or down, compressing or releasing the spring, respectively; wherein the collar comprises a second rim extending radially outward from the collar and positionable along the tubular component.