Damping adjuster
AssigneeFox Factory, Inc.
InventorAndrew LAIRD
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Abstract
A damping adjuster is disclosed herein. The damping adjuster includes an adjuster housing and an adjuster shaft. The adjuster shaft rotatable within the adjuster housing, the adjuster shaft comprising a variable flow area feature, the variable flow area feature formed annularly about a portion of the adjuster shaft, the variable flow area feature comprising a plurality of different flow area values therealong. The damping adjuster also includes a fluid flow path through the adjuster housing, wherein the fluid flow path includes the variable flow area feature of the adjuster shaft.
Claims25
A damping adjuster comprising:
- an adjuster housing;
- an adjuster shaft, said adjuster shaft rotatable within said adjuster housing, said adjuster shaft comprising a variable flow area feature, said variable flow area feature formed annularly about a portion of said adjuster shaft, said variable flow area feature comprising a plurality of different flow area values therealong;
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- a fluid flow path through said adjuster housing, wherein said fluid flow path includes said variable flow area feature of said adjuster shaft.
A damping adjuster comprising:
- an adjuster housing;
- an adjuster shaft, said adjuster shaft rotatable within said adjuster housing, said adjuster shaft configured for a maximum rotation of less than 360 degrees within said adjuster housing, said adjuster shaft comprising a variable flow area feature, said variable flow area feature formed annularly about a portion of said adjuster shaft, said variable flow area feature comprising a plurality of different flow area values therealong;
- a fluid flow path through said adjuster housing, wherein said fluid flow path includes said variable flow area feature of said adjuster shaft;
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- an adjuster knob configured to rotatably couple about said adjuster housing, said adjuster knob comprising:
- an adjuster shaft interface on a first side of an interior wall, said adjuster shaft interface to interact with a portion of said adjuster shaft, such that a rotation of said adjuster knob causes a related rotation of said adjuster shaft.
A damping adjuster comprising:
- an adjuster housing;
- an adjuster shaft, said adjuster shaft rotatable within said adjuster housing, said adjuster shaft configured for a maximum rotation of less than 360 degrees within said adjuster housing, said adjuster shaft comprising a variable flow area feature, said variable flow area feature formed annularly about a portion of said adjuster shaft, said variable flow area feature comprising a plurality of different flow area values therealong;
- a fluid flow path through said adjuster housing, wherein said fluid flow path includes said variable flow area feature of said adjuster shaft;
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- an adjuster knob configured to rotatably couple about said adjuster housing, said adjuster knob comprising:
- an adjuster shaft interface on a first side of an interior wall, said adjuster shaft interface to interact with a portion of said adjuster shaft, such that a rotational of said adjuster knob causes a related rotation of said adjuster shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.