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 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 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 main 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 having an internal chamber, the internal chamber defined by a cylindrical interior surface, the shock body including a plurality of operational zones, each operational zone covering a select length of the interior surface of the shock body, at least one operational zone of the plurality of operational zones having a plurality of grooves formed in the interior surface of the shock body, at least one other operational zone of the plurality of operational zones not having a groove formed in the interior surface of the shock body;
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- a shaft assembly including a piston, the piston received within the internal chamber of the shock body, the piston including valving that allows dampening matter that is received within the internal chamber to pass through the piston to allow the piston to move within the internal chamber, the plurality of grooves in the at least one operational zone allowing the dampening matter to at least in part bypass the valving of the piston as the piston of the shaft assembly passes through the at least one operational zone with the plurality of grooves.
A method of forming a shock absorber, the method comprising:
- dividing a length of a shock body into a plurality of operational zones;
- forming at least one groove in a cylindrical interior surface that defines an internal chamber of the shock body in one of the operational zones;
- positioning a piston including shaft assembly within the internal chamber, the piston including valving;
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- placing dampening matter within the internal chamber, wherein movement of the piston within the internal chamber within a zone without the at least one groove is provided by the dampening matter passing only through the valving in the piston while movement of the piston within the internal chamber through the operational zone with the at least one groove is provided by at least some of the dampening matter bypassing the valving in the piston through the at least one groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.