Internal stroke sensor for an IFP shock assembly

    公开(公告)号:US12070981B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-27

    申请号:US17507169

    申请日:2021-10-21

    申请人: Fox Factory, Inc.

    发明人: Connor Randall

    摘要: An internal stroke sensor for an IFP shock assembly is disclosed herein. The shock assembly includes a damper chamber and a damping piston coupled to a piston shaft. The damping piston disposed in the damper chamber and axially movable relative to the damper chamber, the damping piston separating a compression portion from a rebound portion within the damper chamber. The shock assembly also includes an internal floating piston (IFP) and an IFP location sensor. The IFP location sensor to determine a position information for the IFP. A processor is configured to receive the position information for the IFP from the IFP location sensor and utilize the position information for the IFP to determine a shock stroke position of the shock assembly.

    VEHICLE DAMPER EXTENSION
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240239149A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-18

    申请号:US18154443

    申请日:2023-01-13

    申请人: Öhlins USA Inc.

    IPC分类号: B60G15/06 B60G17/02

    摘要: A damper assembly includes a first cylinder defining a first chamber and a second cylinder defining a second chamber. The damper assembly includes a piston rod extending from within the first chamber along an axis to the second cylinder. The damper assembly includes a piston fixed to the piston rod and movable within the first chamber along the axis. The damper assembly includes a plunger movable within the second chamber along the axis from a compact position to an extended position. The damper assembly includes a coil spring surrounding the first cylinder and the second cylinder.

    SHOCK ABSORBER WITH VEHICLE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20240227488A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18560050

    申请日:2021-07-26

    申请人: KYB Corporation

    IPC分类号: B60G17/08 B60G15/06

    摘要: A shock absorber with a vehicle height adjustment function according to the present invention includes a shock absorber main body that includes a cylinder filled with liquid, a piston that partitions inside of the cylinder into an extension side chamber and a compression side chamber, a piston rod coupled to the piston, a suspension spring that biases the shock absorber main body in an extending direction, a reservoir that accumulates liquid, a damper circuit that is connected to the extension side chamber, the compression side chamber, and the reservoir and generates a damping force in the shock absorber main body at the time when the shock absorber main body expands/contracts, a pump that is able to suck liquid from the reservoir and discharge the liquid, and a switching valve that is installed between the shock absorber main body and the damper circuit and the pump and switches a damper mode in which the shock absorber main body is connected to the damper circuit so as to generate a damping force in the shock absorber main body and a vehicle height adjustment mode in which the shock absorber main body is connected to the pump.

    Strut assembly and vehicle applying same

    公开(公告)号:US12023975B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-02

    申请号:US17912060

    申请日:2020-03-18

    发明人: Weizhen Jia

    IPC分类号: B60G15/06 F16F13/00

    摘要: A strut assembly includes a piston rod of a shock absorber, an upper support of the shock absorber, a bearing, a spring and a buffer block, which are coaxially arranged. The upper support of the shock absorber has a first through hole, the bearing has a second through hole, and a portion of the upper support of the shock absorber is arranged in the second through hole, the buffer block has a third through hole, and one end of the piston rod of the shock absorber is located in the first through hole, the other end of the piston rod of the shock absorber passes through the third through hole, the buffer block is connected with the upper support of the shock absorber, the spring is sleeved around the piston rod of the shock absorber, and the spring is connected with the bearing. The present disclosure further provides a vehicle.

    Shock absorber dust gaiter with improved installation

    公开(公告)号:US11649872B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-16

    申请号:US17393828

    申请日:2021-08-04

    发明人: Robert Barton

    IPC分类号: F16F9/38 F16F9/32 B60G15/06

    摘要: A shock absorber for a vehicle suspension system may include a damper tube having an axis defining an axial direction extending between a first end and a second end, a bumper cap, and a dust gaiter operably coupled to the bumper cap. The bumper cap may have a cover portion and a retention portion. The cover portion may be operably coupled to the second end of the damper tube, and the retention portion may extend along a lateral periphery of the damper tube to an opposite end of the bumper cap relative to the cover portion. The retention portion may include a continuous ring at a distal end of the bumper cap relative to the cover portion to define a limit for movement of the dust gaiter along the bumper cap in the axial direction. The continuous ring may be retained by a plurality of fixed fingers that extend from the cover portion to the continuous ring. A movable finger is disposed between each of the fixed fingers, each instance of the movable finger having a radially extending locking tab to engage the dust gaiter. Each instance of the moveable finger has a radial deflection rate of less than about 8 N/mm.