Patents Assigned to Fox Factory, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20230331333
    Abstract: An active suspension system with body wearable device integration is disclosed. The system includes a prosthetic having a shock assembly with at least one active valve and a controller communicatively coupled with the at least one active valve of the shock assembly, the controller configured to communicate damping adjustment information to the at least one active valve of the shock assembly, the damping adjustment information used by said at least one active valve to modify a damping characteristic of the shock assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Everet Owen Ericksen, Wesley E. Allinger, Evan Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230330792
    Abstract: A spring compressor is disclosed. The spring compressor includes a frame, a lower shock assembly mount, a top hat mount, and a compressing component. The compressing component coupled with the frame, the lower shock assembly mount, and the top hat mount, the compressing component to provide a compression on a spring by reducing a distance between the lower shock assembly mount and the top hat mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Alex Toro, Chris Rohde
  • Publication number: 20230332663
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus of a system for vehicles comprising a vehicle suspension, a sensor operable to measure an operational characteristic of the vehicle suspension, and a processor in communication with the sensor that is operable to suggest an operational setting of the vehicle suspension in response to an input from the sensor corresponding to the operational characteristic. A method for adjusting a suspension of a vehicle may comprise receiving suspension data with a processor, calculating a suspension setting suggestion with the processor, communicating the suspension setting suggestion to a user interface device, and adjusting the suspension based on the suspension setting suggestion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario GALASSO, Joseph FRANKLIN, Andrew LAIRD, Robert C. FOX
  • Publication number: 20230332665
    Abstract: A vehicle suspension damper including: a cylinder; a piston assembly; and an adjuster, wherein the piston assembly compresses fluid as it moves within the cylinder and the adjuster obstructs fluid flow from a first side of a damping piston of the piston assembly to a second side of the damping piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul COX, David M. Haugen
  • Patent number: 11788615
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a composite bicycle front sprocket are disclosed herein. One embodiment discloses a composite bicycle front sprocket assembly having an outer assembly of a first material. The bicycle front sprocket assembly also has a center assembly of a second material. The center assembly is disposed at least partially within the outer assembly. The center assembly is irremovably coupled with the outer assembly. The center assembly is irremovably coupled with the outer assembly without an external fastening device to irremovably couple the center assembly with the outer assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Erik Moore, Douglas Alexander Chalmers
  • Publication number: 20230302865
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a manifold comprising a first check valve to meter fluid flow between a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber. The first check valve meters fluid flow between one or more of the first chamber and the third chamber and the second chamber and the first chamber. A second check valve meters fluid flow between the second chamber, the third chamber, and a fourth chamber. The second check valve meters fluid flow between one or more of the fourth chamber and the third chamber and the second chamber and the fourth chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Tong, Connor Randall, Rick Strickland
  • Publication number: 20230302867
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an accumulator comprising a cylinder, and an internal floating piston. The internal floating piston divides the cylinder into a spring chamber and a gas chamber, and the spring chamber allows fluid to flow. The accumulator further comprises a negative spring disposed in the spring chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Tong, Connor Randall, Rick Strickland
  • Publication number: 20230302866
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cross-linked system comprising a first shock assembly and a second shock assembly. A first line is fluidly coupled with a first rebound chamber of the first shock assembly and a second compression chamber of the second shock assembly. The first line allows fluid to flow between the first rebound chamber and the second compression chamber. A second line is fluidly coupled with a first compression chamber of the first shock assembly and a second rebound chamber of the second shock assembly. The second line allows fluid to flow between the first compression chamber and the second rebound chamber. A reservoir is fluidly coupled to the first line and the second line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan Tong, Connor Randall, Rick Strickland
  • Patent number: 11769423
    Abstract: A method and system to convert user activities performed in a real world into virtual world activity. The system includes a virtual world environment with a virtual activity tracker to obtain virtual activity performance data for an activity performed by a user in the virtual world environment; and a virtual world database to store the virtual activity performance data in a virtual profile of the user. The system also includes a real world activity tracker to obtain real world activity performance data for a real world activity performed by the user; and an activity convertor to convert the real world activity performance data into an amount of converted virtual activity performance data and add the converted virtual activity performance data to the virtual profile of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Mario Galasso, Wesley E. Allinger, David M. Haugen, Robert David Kaswen, Mark Stephen Fitzsimmons
  • Patent number: 11760150
    Abstract: A vehicle damper is described. The vehicle damper includes: a cylinder; a piston within the cylinder; a working fluid within the cylinder; a reservoir in fluid communication with the cylinder via the working fluid, the reservoir operable to receive the working fluid from the cylinder in a compression stroke; a valve in a flow path between the cylinder and the reservoir; and a remotely-operable valve having a position allowing the working fluid to significantly by-pass the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: John Marking
  • Patent number: 11760437
    Abstract: A fork assembly including a steerer tube and a crown, wherein the steerer tube is fixedly aligned to the crown in a predefined orientation at a time of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: William O. Brown, IV, Daniel McCormick, Joshua Coaplen, Christopher Otterness
  • Patent number: 11760271
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Siupo Low, Gary Schreiber, Vincent Huynh, Anastasiia Tekhteleva
  • Patent number: 11753098
    Abstract: A seat post head assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a housing coupled to a seat post, the housing including a cylindrical bore, and a first and second threaded chamber. A rotatable core is inserted into and rotates within the cylindrical bore, the rotatable core including a seat rail clamp assembly to fixedly clamp a set of seat rails and provide independent adjustment of a fore-aft location of the seat without affecting a pitch of the seat. The assembly additionally includes a first threaded member that threads into the first threaded chamber, contacts the rotatable core, and adjusts the pitch of the seat without affecting the fore-aft location of the seat. The assembly also includes a second threaded member that threads into the second threaded chamber, contacts a different portion of the rotatable core, and provides a physical hard stop against a change in the pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Michael Choltco-Devlin, David Robert Edwards
  • Patent number: 11745817
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Coaplen, John Ralph Kiffmeyer
  • Publication number: 20230271667
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a crown comprising a steerer tube boss, a first upper tube boss, and a second upper tube boss. The first upper tube boss and the second upper tube boss reside on a plane on opposing sides of the upper tube boss, wherein the plane comprises the central axis of the first upper tube boss and the central axis of the second upper tube boss. There is a first arm to connect the first upper tube boss to the steerer tube boss, as well as a second arm to connect the second upper tube boss to the steerer tube boss. At least one of the first arm or the second arm comprises at least one bore that extends in a direction that is substantially normal to the plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel McCormick, Bryan Wesley Anderson, Joshua Coaplen
  • Publication number: 20230271473
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a sway bar system comprising a damping link that couples a first end of a sway bar to a first location on a vehicle. The damping link is comprised of a body comprising a damping chamber and a reservoir. There is also a through shaft coupled to a piston, where the piston divides the chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber. A high-pressure line is fluidly coupled with the chamber and the reservoir and allows fluid to flow from the first chamber and the second chamber to the reservoir. A low-pressure line is fluidly coupled with the chamber and the reservoir and allows fluid to flow from the reservoir to the first chamber and the second chamber. The high-pressure line and the low-pressure line assist in self-centering the sway bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Rick Strickland, Phillip A. Kendrick, Connor Randall
  • Publication number: 20230264612
    Abstract: An adjustable suspended seat apparatus having a tuned frequency-tailored damping through stratified seat structure is described. The damping seat structure includes: a first material of a plurality of materials having a first characteristic to provide a first damping effect in a first layer. A second material of the plurality of materials based on a second characteristic to provide a second damping effect in a second layer, the first material or the second material having an adjustable damping characteristic. The suspended seat apparatus includes a seat base configured to have the seat coupled thereto; a suspension system coupled to the seat base, the suspension system comprising: an adjustment feature configured to adjust operation of the suspension system; and a chassis mount coupled to the suspension system, the chassis mount configured to be coupled to a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas WITTENSCHLAEGER, Timothy KING, Mason POWERS, Jeffrey HERMANN
  • Patent number: 11731728
    Abstract: A compression damper of a shock absorber includes: a single adjustable fluid circuit configured for controlling a damping rate associated with multiple compression speeds of the shock absorber, wherein the single adjustable fluid circuit includes a fluid passageway through a base valve; and a positionally adjustable floating shim stack positioned at one end of the fluid passageway, the positionally adjustable floating shim stack configured for selectively blocking a flow of fluid through the fluid passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Damon Gilbert, Christopher Paul Cox
  • Publication number: 20230256788
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for a suspension comprising a spring having a threaded member at a first end for providing axial movement to the spring as the spring is rotated and the threaded member moves relative to a second component. In one embodiment, the system includes a damper for metering fluid through a piston and a rotatable spring member coaxially disposed around the damper and rotatable relative to the damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Paul COX, Michael David MARQUEZ, Everet ERICKSEN
  • Publication number: 20230249702
    Abstract: A system and method for limited range sharing of vehicle setup information is disclosed. The system includes a memory; and at least one processor configured to: obtain a vehicle setup information for a vehicle, the vehicle setup information comprising one or more adjustment settings for one or more adjustable components of the vehicle; package the vehicle setup information into at least one tune; format the at least one tune in a computer readable scannable format; and present the at least one tune in the computer readable scannable format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Peterson, Mike Fraguglia, James T. Pickett, Evan Power, Everet Owen Ericksen, Matt Weege