Patent ID: 11927242
Assignee: FOX FACTORY, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 16:
17. An electronic external bypass shock assembly comprising:
a damping portion comprising:
a damping chamber; and
a piston coupled to a piston rod, said piston disposed in said damping chamber and axially movable relative to said damping chamber, said piston separating said damping chamber into a compression side and a rebound side, said piston having a stroke length along said damping chamber; and

an external bypass comprising:
an external bypass flow path between said compression side and said rebound side, said external bypass flow path comprising:
a plurality of compression side fluid connections coupled axially along said stroke length of said compression side of said damping chamber;
a plurality of rebound side fluid connections coupled axially along said stroke length of said rebound side of said damping chamber;
a fluid flow path, said fluid flow path coupling said plurality of compression side fluid connections with said plurality of rebound side fluid connections; and

a solenoid circuit located at a remote location, said solenoid circuit to control a flow of a working fluid through said bypass flow path, said solenoid circuit comprising:
a poppet valve;
a heat dissipator; and
an active valve configured to control a pop pressure of said poppet valve, such that said solenoid circuit provides an infinitely adjustable compression pressure for said electronic external bypass shock assembly.