US 12,145,418 B2
Shock stiffener system
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 Mar. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/179,002.
Application 18/179,002 is a continuation of application No. 17/155,310, filed on Jan. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,618,296.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/964,618, filed on Jan. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202253 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B60G 17/08 (2006.01); B60G 13/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 17/08 (2013.01) [B60G 13/08 (2013.01); B60G 2202/24 (2013.01); B60G 2206/41 (2013.01); B60G 2500/11 (2013.01); B60G 2600/206 (2013.01); B60G 2600/73 (2013.01); B60G 2800/162 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aftermarket shock stiffening system, comprising:
a main body configured to be coupled between a shock and an oil reservoir of an assembled hydraulic shock system of a vehicle;
a flow control system coupled to or integral to the main body and changeable between an engaged position, in which oil flow between the shock and the oil reservoir is restricted, and a disengaged position, in which the oil flow between the shock and the oil reservoir is unrestricted;
a control switch configured to be coupled to the vehicle within a driver compartment of the vehicle;
a coupling coupled between the control switch and the flow control system to establish communication between the control switch and the flow control system, wherein the flow control system changes between the engaged position and the disengaged position in response to operation of the control switch, and wherein the flow control system comprises a channel extending laterally through the main body, at least one oil flow aperture extending axially through the main body and intersecting the channel within the main body, and a plunger slidably mounted within the channel and positionable between the engaged position with the at least one oil flow aperture to restrict the oil flow and the disengaged position with the at least one oil flow aperture to allow the oil flow.