F16F 9/065
Expansion chamber provided on the upper or lower end of a damper
Official title: {Expansion chamber provided on the upper or lower end of a damper, separately there from or laterally on the damper}
F16F9/065 (Expansion chamber provided on the upper or lower end of a damper) appears on 236 US grants and 305 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16F- Granted patents
- 236
- Published applications
- 305
- Assignees
- 107
- Inventors
- 383
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
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| 2025 | 19 | 18 |
| 2026 | 10 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Internal floating piston8 Sep 2026US 12,729,742 B2Fox Factory, Inc.
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- Method and apparatus for an adjustable damper24 Mar 2026US 12,583,276 B2Fox Factory, Inc.
- Reservoir shock absorber16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201936 A1
- Hydraulic Suspension Dampers with Control Valve Assembly and Regulating Controls18 Jun 2026US 2026/0168557 A1
- Hydro-pneumatic spring device capable of regulating damping force21 May 2026US 2026/0139723 A1Ningbo Dingqu Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
- Damper valve and hydraulic damper using the same21 May 2026US 2026/0139724 A1Ningbo Dingqu Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
- Damping cylinder assembly7 May 2026US 2026/0126093 A1BüMach Engineering International B. V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Suspension damper with remotely-operable valve147US 9,239,090 B2Fox Factory, Inc. · 2016
- Fluid control means for vehicle suspension system145US 4,491,207 ALord Corporation · 1985
- Compression isolator for a suspension damper130US 9,038,791 B2Fox Factory, Inc. · 2015
- Front fork109US 7,441,638 B2Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd. · 2008
- Method and apparatus for an adjustable damper106US 9,452,654 B2Fox Factory, Inc. · 2016