Pressure balanced poppett with check
AssigneeFox Factory, Inc.
InventorIvan TONG
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Abstract
Described herein is a pressure balanced valve comprising: an armature, wherein the armature has an inlet channel, at least one aperture, and a pressure feedback pin disposed within a hollow interior of the armature, a poppet slidably disposed within the hollow interior and around the pressure feedback pin to enable fluid communication between the pressure feedback pin and the poppet, the poppet and the pressure feedback pin cooperatively comprising the pressure balanced valve, wherein the poppet has at least one channel therethrough, and a biasing spring fit to bias the poppet towards closing the inlet channel.
Claims8
A shock absorber comprising:
- a cylinder, said cylinder comprising a cylinder inner diameter;
- a rod;
- a main damping piston, said main damping piston coupled to said rod and configured for operation within said cylinder, said main damping piston configured to divide said cylinder into a compression side and a rebound side;
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- a pressure balanced valve fluidically coupled to said damper chamber for controlling fluid flow in said shock absorber comprising:
- an armature, wherein said armature has an inlet channel, at least one aperture, and a pressure feedback pin disposed within a hollow interior of said armature;
- a poppet slidably disposed within said hollow interior and around said pressure feedback pin to enable fluid communication between said pressure feedback pin and said poppet, wherein said poppet has at least one channel therethrough;
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- a biasing spring fit to bias said poppet towards closing said inlet channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.