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US 10,981,429 B2Granted
Electronically controlled sway bar damping link
AssigneeFox Factory, Inc.
InventorsPhilip Tsiaras, Rick Strickland
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Abstract
A sway bar system is described. The sway bar system includes a sway bar having a first end and a second end. The sway bar system further includes a first electronically controlled damper link which is coupled to the first end of the sway bar. The first electronically controlled damper link is configured to be coupled a first location of a vehicle. The sway bar system also has a second link which is coupled to the second end of the sway bar. The second link is configured to be coupled a second location of the vehicle.
Claims28
A sway bar system comprising:
- a sway bar having a first end and a second end, said second end distal from said first end;
- a first link coupled to said first end of said sway bar and said first link configured to be coupled to a first location of a vehicle, said first link electronically controlled, said first link comprising:
- a damper cylinder, said damper cylinder having a damper cylinder volume;
- a damping piston axially moveable within said damper cylinder;
- a shaft fixedly coupled to said damping piston;
- a fluid reserve cylinder, said fluid reserve cylinder comprising:
- a fluid reservoir chamber;
- a gas chamber;
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- an internal floating piston fluidly separating said fluid reservoir chamber and said gas chamber;
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- a valve fluidly coupled to said damper cylinder and said fluid reserve cylinder, said valve having a flow area wherein a ratio of said damper cylinder volume to said flow area of said valve is adjustable, said first link having operational damping characteristics which are electronically controlled;
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- a second link coupled to said second end of said sway bar and said second link configured to be coupled to a second location of said vehicle.
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A sway bar system comprising:
- a sway bar having a first end and a second end, said second end distal from said first end;
- a first electronically controlled damper link coupled to said first end of said sway bar and said first electronically controlled damper link configured to be coupled to a first location of a vehicle, said first electronically controlled damper link having operational damping characteristics which are electronically adjustable;
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- a second link coupled to said second end of said sway bar and said second link configured to be coupled to a second location of said vehicle.
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A sway bar system comprising:
- a sway bar having a first end and a second end, said second end distal from said first end;
- a first electronically controlled damper link coupled to said first end of said sway bar and said first electronically controlled damper link configured to be coupled to a first location of a vehicle, wherein said first electronically controlled damper link comprises:
- a damper cylinder, said damper cylinder having a damper cylinder volume;
- a damping piston axially moveable within said damper cylinder;
- a shaft fixedly coupled to said damping piston;
- a fluid reserve cylinder, said fluid reserve cylinder comprising:
- a fluid reservoir chamber;
- a gas chamber;
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- an internal floating piston fluidly separating said fluid reservoir chamber and said gas chamber;
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- a valve fluidly coupled to said damper cylinder and said fluid reserve cylinder, said valve having a flow area wherein a ratio of said damper cylinder volume to said flow area of said valve is adjustable, said first electronically controlled damper link having operational damping characteristics which are electronically adjustable;
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- a second electronically controlled damper link coupled to said second end of said sway bar and said second electronically controlled damper link configured to be coupled to a second location of said vehicle.
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A vehicle and sway bar system comprising:
- a vehicle;
- a sway bar having a first end and a second end, said second end distal from said first end;
- a first electronically controlled damper link coupled to said first end of said sway bar and said first electronically controlled damper link coupled to a first location of said vehicle, said first electronically controlled damper link having operational damping characteristics which are electronically adjustable;
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- a second link coupled to said second end of said sway bar and said second link coupled to a second location of said vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.