Steering damper mount to reduce shaft load
AssigneeFox Factory, Inc.
InventorMagnus Lars Danek
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Abstract
Described are embodiments of rotatable link-based mounting systems for various dampers such as steering dampers. In one example, a steering damper includes a housing having a longitudinal centerline. The steering damper further includes a mounting system coupled to the housing. The mounting system includes at least two link members rotatably coupled to the housing. Longitudinal centerlines of the at least two link members intersect one another at a defined location on the longitudinal centerline of the housing to collectively create an instantaneous center of rotation for the housing at the defined location.
Claims20
A steering damper, comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal centerline;
- and
- a mounting system coupled to the housing, the mounting system comprising at least two link members rotatably coupled to the housing, the at least two link members comprising:
- a first link member rotatably coupled to a first side of the housing relative to the longitudinal centerline of the housing;
- and
- a second link member rotatably coupled to a second side of the housing that is opposite from the first side of the housing relative to the longitudinal centerline of the housing,
- wherein longitudinal centerlines of the at least two link members intersect one another at a defined location on the longitudinal centerline of the housing, thereby defining an instantaneous center of rotation for the housing at the defined location.
A steering damper, comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal centerline;
- and
- a mounting system coupled to the housing, the mounting system comprising at least two link members rotatably coupled to the housing,
- wherein the at least two link members each comprise a ball joint rotatably coupled to the housing;
- wherein longitudinal centerlines of the at least two link members intersect one another at a defined location on the longitudinal centerline of the housing, thereby defining an instantaneous center of rotation for the housing at the defined location.
A steering damper, comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal centerline;
- a mounting system coupled to the housing, the mounting system comprising at least two link members rotatably coupled to the housing,
- wherein longitudinal centerlines of the at least two link members intersect one another at a defined location on the longitudinal centerline of the housing, thereby defining an instantaneous center of rotation for the housing at the defined location;
- and
- a shaft concentrically positioned at least partly within the housing and operable for translational movement along the longitudinal centerline of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.