Modified control of variable shock absorbers
AssigneeShock Therapy Suspension, Inc.
InventorJustin Smith
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Abstract
Described are devices, systems, and methods that enable greater control and customization of variable suspension systems via mechanical modification, among other advantages. In one example, a linkage device is configured to be attached to a suspension arm of a vehicle and to a vehicle frame of the vehicle. The linkage device is configured to mechanically modify one or more physical states detected by a sensor of the vehicle, thereby causing the sensor to output modified signals to a controller, and causing the controller to output modified control signals to a variable shock absorber connected between the vehicle frame and the suspension arm, thereby modifying one or more variable physical properties of the variable shock absorber.
Claims15
A method of using a linkage device, the method comprising:
- coupling a sensor and a controller to a vehicle;
- coupling a linkage device between a vehicle frame and a suspension arm, wherein the linkage device comprises a first linkage component and a second linkage component coupled to the first linkage component, wherein the first linkage component is coupled to the suspension arm, and the second linkage component is rotatably coupled to the vehicle frame;
- mechanically modifying physical inputs by the linkage device;
- detecting the mechanically modified physical inputs by the sensor and output a sensor signal based on the detected physical inputs to the controller;
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- outputting a control signal from the controller to the variable shock absorber in response to receiving the sensor signal.
A linkage device comprising:
- a first linkage component, and
- a second linkage component, rotatably coupled to the first linkage component, wherein the first linkage component is rotatably coupled to a suspension arm, and the second linkage component is rotatably coupled to a vehicle frame, wherein the linkage device mechanically modifies one or more physical inputs detected by a sensor of the vehicle to control a variable shock absorber connected between the vehicle frame and the suspension arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.