Suspension system
AssigneeFox Factory, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Laird, William M. Becker
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Abstract
A suspension system includes a first suspension member movable relative to a second suspension member, a fluid reservoir having a volume, the volume variable in response to a relative movement between the first and second suspension members, and a fluid flow circuit having a first end in fluidic communication with the fluid reservoir and a second end in fluidic communication with an isolated suspension location, the fluid flow circuit comprising a first valve, a second valve and a third valve, wherein said first and third valves are in parallel with each other and the second valve is in series with each of the first and third valves.
Claims18
A suspension system comprising:
- a first suspension member movable relative to a second suspension member, said first suspension member and said second suspension member comprising a first fork leg;
- a third suspension member movable relative to a fourth suspension member, said third suspension member and said fourth suspension member comprising a second fork leg;
- a first spring disposed in said first fork leg;
- a second spring disposed in said second fork leg;
- a fluid reservoir having a volume, said volume variable in response to a relative movement between said first suspension member and said second suspension member;
- a fluid flow circuit disposed in said first fork leg, said fluid flow circuit having a first end in fluidic communication with said fluid reservoir and a second end in fluidic communication with an isolated suspension location;
- a damper cap assembly coupled to said first fork leg;
- a preload adjuster assembly coupled to said second fork leg;
- a first spacer disposed in said first fork leg;
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- a second spacer disposed in said second fork leg.
A suspension system comprising:
- a first suspension member movable relative to a second suspension member, said first suspension member and said second suspension member comprising a first fork leg;
- a third suspension member movable relative to a fourth suspension member, said third suspension member and said fourth suspension member comprising a second fork leg;
- a first spring disposed in said first fork leg;
- a second spring disposed in said second fork leg;
- a fluid reservoir having a volume, said volume variable in response to a relative movement between said first suspension member and said second suspension member;
- a fluid flow circuit disposed in said first fork leg, said fluid flow circuit having a first end in fluidic communication with said fluid reservoir and a second end in fluidic communication with an isolated suspension location;
- a damper cap assembly coupled to said first fork leg;
- a preload adjuster assembly coupled to said second fork leg;
- a first spacer disposed in said second fork leg;
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- a second spacer disposed in said second fork leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.