Patents Assigned to Factorial Inc.
  • Methods and apparatus for virtual competition
    Patent number: 11869651
    Abstract: A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performance information corresponding to the activity; and a participant performance correlator configured for delivering comparative performance data based on the monitored performance of the activity by the participant and the stored performance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Galasso, Wesley E. Allinger, David M. Haugen, Robert David Kaswen, Mark Stephen Fitzsimmons
  • System for minimizing data transmission latency between a sensor and a suspension controller of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11865888
    Abstract: A system for minimizing data transmission latency between a sensor and a suspension controller of a vehicle is described. The system includes: a state determination module that determines a physical state of the vehicle; a plurality of data paths for transmitting a first signal from the sensor to the suspension controller; a data path configurator of the controller that selects a first data path of the plurality of data paths based on at least one characteristic of the first data path and the physical state and configures the first data path to transmit the first signal; and an actuation module that generates an actuation signal to control a damping characteristic of the suspension actuator based on at least the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Wittenschlaeger
  • TAILGATE PAD
    Publication number: 20240001860
    Abstract: A tailgate pad. The tailgate pad includes a front side. The tailgate pad also includes a back side. The tailgate pad further includes a fold out panel coupled with the front side, the fold out panel to wrap about at least a portion of a wheel of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Siupo LOW, Gary SCHREIBER, Vincent HUYNH, Anastasiia TEKHTELEVA
  • Lower fork alignment system
    Patent number: 11858584
    Abstract: A lower fork alignment system for a vehicle is described. The lower fork alignment system includes: a brace detachably coupling a first lower tube and a second lower tube of a lower fork, wherein the first and second lower tubes include: first and second receiving adjustment mechanism configured for receiving corresponding interfacing mechanisms of the brace, wherein upon receipt of alignment features of the interfacing mechanisms, one of the first lower tube and the second lower tube is enabled to be adjusted in a horizontal direction along a horizontal axis, and the other of the first lower tube and the second lower tube is enabled to be adjusted in a vertical direction along a vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: Mario Galasso
  • Suspension system
    Patent number: 11859690
    Abstract: A suspension system includes a first suspension member movable relative to a second suspension member, a fluid reservoir having a volume, the volume variable in response to a relative movement between the first and second suspension members, and a fluid flow circuit having a first end in fluidic communication with the fluid reservoir and a second end in fluidic communication with an isolated suspension location, the fluid flow circuit comprising a first valve, a second valve and a third valve, wherein said first and third valves are in parallel with each other and the second valve is in series with each of the first and third valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Laird, William M. Becker
  • Sealed boat seat suspension
    Patent number: 11858385
    Abstract: A sealed boat seat suspension including a plurality of sealed rails. The sealed boat seat suspension also includes a boat seat attachment component which is coupled to the plurality of sealed rails. The sealed boat seat suspension also includes a boat seat attachment component which is movable with respect to at least a portion of the plurality of sealed rails. The sealed boat seat suspension also includes a suspension component which is coupled to the boat seat attachment component such that the suspension component provides at least some control of movement of the boat seat attachment component with respect to at least a portion of the plurality of sealed rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Tsiaras, Dennis K. Wootten, Paul Hammerstrom
  • Dropper seatpost head assembly
    Patent number: 11858576
    Abstract: A dropper seatpost head assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a lower post for insertion into a seat tube of a vehicle and an upper post having a housing coupled at one end thereof, the upper post to telescopically slide with respect to the lower post to form a dropper seatpost. The assembly also includes a saddle rail clamp assembly having a lower saddle rail clamping portion rotatably coupled with the housing and an upper saddle rail clamping portion to couple with the lower saddle rail clamping portion to form a clamping structure. The lower saddle rail clamping portion having a drooped shape such that the lower saddle rail clamping portion and the clamping structure hang down in a plane that intersects at least a portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Coaplen, Bryan Wesley Anderson, William M. Becker
  • Sealed boat seat suspension
    Patent number: 11858386
    Abstract: A sealed boat seat suspension including a plurality of sealed rails. The sealed boat seat suspension also includes a boat seat attachment component which is coupled to the plurality of sealed rails. The sealed boat seat suspension also includes a boat seat attachment component which is movable with respect to at least a portion of the plurality of sealed rails. The sealed boat seat suspension also includes a suspension component which is coupled to the boat seat attachment component such that the suspension component provides at least some control of movement of the boat seat attachment component with respect to at least a portion of the plurality of sealed rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Tsiaras, Dennis K. Wootten, Paul Hammerstrom
  • Cinch direct mount 2X ring system
    Patent number: 11851135
    Abstract: A cinch direct mount 2× ring system is disclosed. One embodiment discloses a chainring assembly having a drive side crank arm with a chainring assembly interface including a plurality of splines, a circumference, and an axial length. The chainring assembly includes a first chainring having a first outer diameter and a first center assembly shape. The chainring assembly includes a second chainring having a second outer diameter and a second center assembly shape, the second outer diameter being different than the first outer diameter. The chainring assembly also includes a fastener to couple the first chainring and the second chainring with the chainring assembly interface, such that at least one of the first center assembly shape or the second center assembly shape engages with the plurality of splines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Michael Choltco-Devlin, Jason Kennett, David Robert Edwards
  • Axles, such as for bicycles
    Patent number: 11851128
    Abstract: A suspension for a two-wheeled vehicle includes first and second fork legs. Each fork leg includes a dropout. Each dropout has an opening therethrough. At least a portion of one of the openings is threaded. Each of the dropouts includes a split-damp pinch bearing defining the opening and operable between an open position and a locked position, and a hand operable actuator pivoted to the bearing for operation thereof. The suspension further includes a one-piece axle. The axle is disposed through the openings. The axle has a threaded first end engaged with the threaded portion. The axle has an ergonomic grip formed at a second end. The bearing tightly engages an outer surface of the axle in the locked position, thereby rotationally coupling the axle to the dropout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Laird
  • OFFSET BUSHINGS AND ALIGNMENT FEATURES OF A DROPPER SEATPOST ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230406431
    Abstract: A dropper seatpost assembly is disclosed. The dropper seatpost assembly includes a lower post and an upper post configured to telescopically move with respect to the lower post. The dropper seatpost assembly also includes a translating mechanism configured to maintain an orientation such as a lateral orientation, a rotational orientation, or both a lateral orientation and a rotational orientation of the upper post with respect to the lower post as the upper post telescopically moves with respect to the lower post, the translating mechanism comprising two or more vertically offset features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua COAPLEN, John Ralph KIFFMEYER
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADJUSTABLE DAMPER
    Publication number: 20230407938
    Abstract: An air bleed system for a suspension fork or shock absorber includes: a fluid passage between an interior of the suspension and an exterior of the suspension; and a manually operable valve having a first position substantially closing the fluid passage and a second position allowing fluid flow between the interior and the exterior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: William M. Becker
  • System and method for processing three dimensional images
    Patent number: 11849102
    Abstract: A system and method for lightfield communication can be configured to receive one or more images, determine one or more features in the one or more images, and generate a lightfield image from the one or more images where at least one of the one or more features is in a focal plane of the lightfield image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Looking Glass Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexis Hornstein, Shawn Michael Frayne, Lee Shiu Pong, Matthew Collins, Caleb Johnston
  • INTEGRATED BEARING HARDWARE FOR SHOCK ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230400080
    Abstract: A integrated bearing hardware for shock assembly is disclosed. The integrated bearing hardware for coupling the shock assembly with a component. The integrated bearing hardware includes a first bearing installed at a first side of a mounting feature of the shock assembly and a second bearing installed at the second side of the mounting feature to retain the axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel SHAFFER
  • IFP shock with automatically adjustable ride height
    Patent number: 11840120
    Abstract: A shock assembly with automatically adjustable ride height. The shock assembly includes a main chamber with a working fluid therein. A damping piston coupled to a piston shaft, the damping piston disposed in the main chamber to divide the main chamber into a compression side fluid chamber and a rebound side fluid chamber. An automatic ride height adjustment assembly including an internal floating piston (IFP) pump assembly and a spring preload piston assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: Connor Randall
  • Shock absorber
    Patent number: 11833874
    Abstract: A shock absorber including: a first cylinder having an interior, first and second ends and defining an axis, wherein the interior includes a damping fluid chamber and a damping piston movably mounted therein for movement between the first and second ends, wherein the damping piston is mounted on a first end of a shaft, wherein the first end of the shaft is movably retained within the interior of the first cylinder; first and second bypass openings configured for opening into the damping fluid chamber at first and second axially spaced-apart positions; a bypass channel fluidly coupling the first and second bypass openings; a fluid metering valve; and a floating piston dividing a portion of the shock absorber into a gas chamber and the reservoir chamber, wherein the fluid metering valve and the floating piston define the reservoir chamber there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: John Marking, Vegard Hamso
  • Rough road detection
    Patent number: 11833876
    Abstract: A rough road detection system is disclosed. The system includes a sensor data receiver to receive sensor data from one or more sensors monitoring a vehicle. A sensor data evaluator to: identify a repeating pattern in the sensor data, the repeating pattern indicative of a terrain type being traversed by the vehicle, determine a value of the repeating pattern, obtain a present set of operational values for at least one damping characteristic of an active valve damper coupled with the vehicle, and modify the present set of operational values for the at least one damping characteristic of the active valve damper based on the value of the repeating pattern to develop a modified set of operational values for the at least one damping characteristic of the active valve damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen Ericksen, Andrew Diao, Mike Fraguglia, Evan Peterson, James T. Pickett
  • Multifunctional rotatable stand frame for tablet electronic device
    Patent number: 11815218
    Abstract: A multifunctional rotatable stand frame for a tablet electronic device comprises a seat; a bottom of the seat serving to connect a back side of the tablet electronic device; a disk positioned above an upper side of the seat and being rotatably installed to the seat; a center of the disk having a through hole; a fixing shaft installed on the seat and penetrating through the through hole of the disk; the upper side of the seat forming with a circular wall; the fixing shaft being located at a center of the circular wall; an inner side of the circular wall forming with a plurality of trenches; a buckling ring installed at a bottom side of the disk and surrounding an outside of the through hole; the buckling ring being engaged to an inner side of the circular wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Joy Factory, inc.
    Inventor: Sampson Yang
  • SHOCK ASSEMBLY WITH BY-PASS AND HYDRAULIC ADJUST
    Publication number: 20230356558
    Abstract: A valve assembly for a shock assembly is described. The valve assembly includes a first valve disposed along a compression bypass flow path extending between a compression side and a rebound side of the damping housing, the first valve configured to control flow of fluid from at least one bypass valve of the compression side of the damping housing into the rebound side of the damping housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Taylor, Ivan Tong, Hunter Brown, Matthew Stewart, Tyler Eston
  • SMART DEVICE APPLICATION WITH CUSTOMIZABLE TUNES FOR ACTIVE VALVE CONTROL
    Publication number: 20230356801
    Abstract: A system and method for utilizing an active valve customizable tune application is disclosed. The system includes a mobile device having a memory, an active valve tune application, and at least one processor. The processor initiates the active valve tune application, receives, from a database, an active valve suspension tune having a number of performance range adjustable settings, and receives user related input information. At least one of the performance range adjustable settings is modified based on the received input information to generate a modified active valve suspension tune. The system includes an active suspension of a vehicle, wherein the modified active valve suspension tune is implemented by the active suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen ERICKSEN, Evan PETERSON, Nobuhiko NEGISHI, James T. PICKETT, Andrew DIAO, Mike FRAGUGLIA