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US 12,350,991 B2Granted
Plug and play suspension
AssigneeFox Factory, Inc.
InventorsAsimm Hirani, Robert Stanford, Nobuhiko Negishi, Andrew Peterson, Rick Strickland, James Alens, Connor Randall
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Abstract
A plug and play suspension system is disclosed. The plug and play suspension system includes at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly, a controller, and a communications network to communicatively couple said controller with said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly.
Claims25
A plug and play suspension system comprising:
- at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly;
- a controller;
- and
- a communications network to communicatively couple said controller with said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly, wherein said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly includes an active valve configured to automatically adjust its operation and corresponding damping characteristics of said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly based upon operational information pertaining to a vehicle to which said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly is coupled, wherein said active valve is configured to automatically adjust its operation and said corresponding damping characteristics of said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly based upon operation of said vehicle and wherein said corresponding damping characteristics are dynamically adjusted to any setting during use of said vehicle.
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At least one system on a shock assembly comprising:
- a damper chamber comprising a working fluid;
- a main piston coupled with a shaft, said main piston dividing said damper chamber into a compression side and a rebound side;
- a fluid flow path;
- a PCB comprising:
- a microcontroller;
- and a motor controller;
- a motive component communicatively coupled with said motor controller;
- and
- a control valve coupled with said motive component, wherein said motive component causes said control valve to modify a size of said fluid flow path to change a damping characteristic, wherein said control valve is an active valve configured to automatically adjust its operation and corresponding damping characteristics of said shock assembly based upon operational information pertaining to a vehicle to which said shock assembly is coupled, wherein said active valve is configured to automatically adjust its operation and said corresponding damping characteristics of said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly based upon operation of said vehicle and wherein said corresponding damping characteristics are dynamically adjusted to any setting during use of said vehicle.
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A plug and play suspension system comprising:
- a plurality of system on a shock assemblies;
- and
- a communications network to communicatively couple each of said plurality of said system on a shock assemblies, wherein said communications network is a stand-alone communications network, wherein at least one of said shock assemblies includes an active valve configured to automatically adjust its operation and corresponding damping characteristics of said at least one of said shock assemblies based upon operational information pertaining to a vehicle to which said at least one of said shock assemblies is coupled, wherein said active valve is configured to automatically adjust its operation and said corresponding damping characteristics of said at least one electronically adjustable shock assembly based upon operation of said vehicle and wherein said corresponding damping characteristics are dynamically adjusted to any setting during use of said vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.