Shock adjuster
AssigneeFox Factory, Inc.
InventorSamuel Shaffer
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Abstract
Described herein is a shock adjuster comprising a remote pulley, a pulley shaft, wherein the pulley shaft is coupled to the remote pulley at a first end, wherein the pulley shaft is coupled to an air spring cam shaft at a second end, an air spring needle, wherein the position of the air spring needle is determined by the position of the air spring cam shaft, wherein an air spring shim is engageable with the air spring needle, an open mode adjuster, a compression cam shaft, wherein the compression cam shaft is coupled to the open mode adjuster, a compression needle, wherein the position of the compression needle is determined by the position of the compression cam shaft, and a shim, wherein the shim is coupled to the compression needle, wherein the shim is fit to open or close at least a main port in a piston.
Claims20
A shock adjuster comprising:
- a remote pulley;
- a pulley shaft, wherein the pulley shaft is coupled to the remote pulley at a first end, wherein the pulley shaft is coupled to an air spring cam shaft at a second end;
- an air spring needle, wherein the position of the air spring needle is determined by the position of the air spring cam shaft, wherein an air spring shim is engageable with the air spring needle;
- an open mode adjuster;
- a compression cam shaft, wherein the compression cam shaft is coupled to the open mode adjuster;
- a compression needle, wherein the position of the compression needle is determined by the position of the compression cam shaft;
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- a shim, wherein the shim is coupled to the compression needle, wherein the shim is fit to open or close at least a main port in a piston.
A shock adjuster comprising:
- a remote pulley;
- a pulley shaft, wherein the pulley shaft is coupled to the remote pulley at a first end, wherein the pulley shaft is coupled to an air spring cam shaft at a second end;
- an air spring needle, wherein the position of the air spring needle is determined by the position of the air spring cam shaft, wherein an air spring shim is engageable with the air spring needle;
- an open mode adjuster, wherein the open mode adjuster allows for compression setting adjustments to be made without affecting the settings of the remote pulley, wherein changing the setting of the remote pulley also moves the open mode adjuster;
- a compression cam shaft, wherein the compression cam shaft is coupled to the open mode adjuster;
- a compression needle, wherein the position of the compression needle is determined by the position of the compression cam shaft;
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- a shim, wherein the shim is coupled to the compression needle, wherein the shim is fit to open or close at least a main port in a piston.
A shock absorber comprising:
- a damping cylinder, the cylinder telescopically coupled with an air spring cylinder;
- a rod, wherein the rod extends through the air spring cylinder and part way into the damping cylinder, wherein the rod is hollow;
- a main damping piston, the main damping piston coupled to the rod and configured for operation within the damping cylinder, the main damping piston configured to divide the damping cylinder into a compression chamber and a rebound chamber;
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- a shock adjuster, the shock adjuster comprising:
- a remote pulley;
- a pulley shaft, wherein the pulley shaft is coupled to the remote pulley at a first end, wherein the pulley shaft is coupled to an air spring cam shaft at a second end;
- an air spring needle, wherein the position of the air spring needle is determined by the position of the air spring cam shaft, wherein an air spring shim is engageable with the air spring needle;
- an open mode adjuster;
- a compression cam shaft, wherein the compression cam shaft is coupled to the open mode adjuster;
- a compression needle, wherein the position of the compression needle is determined by the position of the compression cam shaft, wherein the compression needle is in the center of the rod;
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- a shim, wherein the shim is coupled to the compression needle, wherein the shim is fit to open or close at least a main port in the main damping piston.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.