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US 2020/0269648 A1Published application
Adjustable air chamber for a shock
AssigneeFox Factory, Inc.
InventorJeff HALPER
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Abstract
A volume adjustable air chamber for a shock assembly is disclosed herein. The adjustable air chamber assembly includes a first air chamber and a second air chamber in fluid communication via a flow path. A check valve is coupled with the flow path, the check valve that allows the second air chamber to be fluidly coupled with or fluidly isolated from the first air chamber, such that the available volume of air for said first air chamber can be modified to provide different damping characteristics.
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A shock assembly comprising:
- a first fluid chamber;
- a second fluid chamber in fluid communication with said first fluid chamber via a flow path;
- a check valve provided in said flow path to control a flow of a working fluid between said first fluid chamber and said second fluid chamber;
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- an actuator to control said check valve.
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An air shock assembly comprising:
- a first air chamber;
- a second air chamber in fluid communication with said first air chamber via a flow path;
- a check valve provided in said flow path to control a flow of air between said first air chamber and said second air chamber;
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- an actuator to control said check valve.
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An air shock assembly comprising:
- a first air chamber;
- a second air chamber in fluid communication with said first air chamber via a flow path;
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- a check valve provided in said flow path to control a flow of air between said first air chamber and said second air chamber,
- said check valve allows said second air chamber to be fluidly coupled with said first air chamber when it is opened,
- said check valve fluidly isolating said second air chamber from receiving additional air from said first air chamber when it is closed,
- said check valve allowing said first air chamber to receive air from said second air chamber even when it is closed;
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- an actuator to control said check valve, said actuator adjustable from a point external to said air shock assembly,
- said actuator to modify an available volume of air for said first air chamber to provide different damping characteristics for said air shock assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.