Patent ID: 8672096

Claim:
A method for lubricating a suspension comprising: operating a suspension in at least one of compression or rebound; pumping a fluid in response to said operating; delivering said fluid to a predetermined location of said suspension; lubricating at least one component of said suspension with said fluid, wherein said pumping comprises: creating a dynamic first pressure in a first fluid chamber, in response to a compression of said suspension, said first pressure greater than a second pressure at said predetermined location, wherein said predetermined location comprises a region proximate a seal of said suspension and wherein said predetermined location and said seal are positioned on an outer surface of a leg tubing of said suspension, wherein said first pressure being greater than said second pressure causes a flow of said fluid to move from said first fluid chamber to said predetermined location; checking fluid flow along a first flow path from said first fluid chamber to said predetermined location and thereby limiting flow from said predetermined location to said first fluid chamber along said first flow path; retaining said fluid at a foam ring within said predetermined location until said foam ring becomes saturated and excess fluid of said fluid begins to flow away from said foam ring; and lubricating said predetermined location with said excess fluid, such that said excess fluid continues lubricating within said predetermined location at a relatively constant rate and said lubricating is not dependent on fluid surges that become available during said compression.