Adjustable internal bypass
AssigneeFox Factory, Inc.
InventorJohn Marking
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Abstract
A vehicle suspension damper includes: a cylinder and a piston assembly, wherein the piston assembly includes a piston; a working fluid within the cylinder; a bypass cylinder surrounding the cylinder and defining a cylindrical bypass channel; an adjustable bypass port fluidly coupling an interior of the cylinder and the cylindrical bypass channel; and a remotely operable bypass valve slidably disposed within the cylindrical bypass channel, the remotely operable bypass valve configured for, upon actuation of an actuator coupled with the remotely operable bypass valve, adjusting a flow of the working fluid through the adjustable bypass port.
Claims16
A vehicle suspension damper comprising:
- a cylinder and a piston assembly, wherein said piston assembly comprises a piston having a first side and a second side, said piston including a flow path formed through said piston;
- a working fluid within said cylinder;
- a bypass cylinder surrounding said cylinder and defining a cylindrical bypass channel, said cylindrical bypass channel providing a path for said working fluid to travel from said first side of said piston to said second side of said piston without traversing said flow path formed through said piston;
- an adjustable bypass port fluidly coupling an interior of said cylinder and said cylindrical bypass channel;
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- a bypass valve slidably disposed within said cylindrical bypass channel, said bypass valve configured for, upon actuation of an actuator coupled with said bypass valve, adjusting a flow of said working fluid through said adjustable bypass port.
A vehicle suspension damper comprising:
- a cylinder and a piston assembly, wherein said piston assembly comprises a piston having a first side and a second side, said piston including a flow path formed through said piston;
- a working fluid within said cylinder;
- a bypass cylinder surrounding said cylinder and defining a cylindrical bypass channel, said cylindrical bypass channel providing a path for said working fluid to travel from said first side of said piston to said second side of said piston without traversing said flow path formed through said piston;
- an adjustable bypass port fluidly coupling an interior of said cylinder and said cylindrical bypass channel;
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- a bypass valve slidably disposed within said cylindrical bypass channel, said bypass valve configured for, upon actuation of an actuator coupled with said bypass valve, displacing a portion of said bypass valve axially with respect to said cylindrical bypass channel to adjust a flow of said working fluid through said adjustable bypass port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.