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US 2026/0177130 A1Published application
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.
Claims1
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;
- and
- 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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