Internal bypass shock absorber
AssigneeRaptor Performance Shocks, LLC
InventorJake R. Anderson
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Abstract
A shock absorber is provided that includes a shock body and a shaft assembly. The shock body has an inner chamber. The inner chamber is defined by a cylindrical interior surface. At least one groove is formed in the interior surface within at least one select length of the shock body. A piston of the shaft assembly is received within the inner chamber of the shock body. The piston includes valving to allow dampening matter that is received within the inner chamber to pass through the piston to allow the piston to move within the inner chamber. The at least one groove that is formed within the interior surface is configured to allow at least some of the dampening matter to bypass the valving of the piston to allow the piston to move through the at least one select length with less resistance.
Claims20
A shock absorber comprising:
- a shock body of a mono tube shock absorber having an inner chamber, the inner chamber defined by a cylindrical interior surface of the shock body, at least one groove formed in the interior surface of the shock body within at least one select length of the shock body;
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- a piston of a shaft assembly of the mono tube shock absorber received within the inner chamber of the shock body, the at least one groove configured to allow dampening material to pass along a side of the piston within the at least one groove as the piston moves along the at least one select length of the shock body.
A shock absorber comprising:
- a shock body of a mono tube shock absorber having an inner chamber, the inner chamber defined by a cylindrical interior surface of the shock body, at least one groove formed in the interior surface of the shock body within at least one select length of the shock body;
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- a piston of a shaft assembly of the mono tube shock absorber received within the inner chamber of the shock body, the piston including valving to allow dampening matter that is received within the inner chamber to pass through the piston to allow the piston to move within the inner chamber of the shock body, the at least one groove formed within the interior surface being configured to allow at least some of the dampening matter to bypass the valving of the piston to allow the piston to move along the at least one select length of the shock body including the at least one groove with less resistance than is encountered with the dampening matter only flowing through the valving.
A shock absorber comprising:
- a shock body of a mono tube shock absorber having an inner chamber, the inner chamber defined by a cylindrical interior surface of the shock body, the interior surface segregated into lengths that define a top out zone, a bottom out zone and a main ride zone, the main ride zone is positioned between the top out zone and the bottom out zone, at least one groove is formed in the interior surface of the shock body within the main ride zone of the shock body;
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- a piston of a shaft assembly of the mono tube shock absorber received within the inner chamber of the shock body, the piston including valving to allow dampening matter that is received within the inner chamber to pass through the piston to allow the piston to move within the inner chamber of the shock body, the at least one groove formed within the main ride zone of the interior surface of the shock body being configured to allow at least some of the dampening matter to bypass the valving of the piston to allow the piston to move along the main ride zone of the interior surface of the shock body with less resistance than is encountered with the dampening matter only flowing through the valving.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.