Patent classifications
B60G2500/11
Damper assembly
A damper includes a pressure tube extending about a longitudinal axis and defining an inner volume. The damper includes a piston attached to a piston rod and slidably disposed within the pressure tube. The piston divides the inner volume of the pressure tube into a first working chamber and a second working chamber. The damper includes a fluid connector having a first wall and a second wall, each elongated along the longitudinal axis and sealed to the pressure tube. The fluid connector has a third wall elongated along the longitudinal axis and extending from the first wall to the second wall. The pressure tube defines an opening at the first working chamber, and the third wall of the fluid connector defines an opening spaced from the opening of the pressure tube. The first wall, the second wall, and the third wall define a passage extending from the opening of the pressure tube to the opening of the third wall.
Main piston boost valve in a vehicle damper
A vehicle damper assembly is disclosed. The damper includes a cylinder having an inner diameter (ID). A rod and a piston, the piston coupled to the rod and configured to divide the cylinder into a compression side and a rebound side. An electronic valve assembly including an electronic valve body coupled with the rod on the compression side of the piston. The electronic valve body having an electronic valve body outer diameter (OD). A boost valve having a boost valve body, a boost valve area located between the electronic valve body and the boost valve body, the boost valve having a boost valve OD. The boost valve OD is larger than the electronic valve body OD, such that the boost valve is configured to allow the electronic valve assembly to operate within said cylinder ID that is too large for the electronic valve body OD.
Damper assembly including intake valve in fluid chamber
A damper assembly includes an outer tube and an inner tube disposed in the outer tube defining a fluid space therebetween. The inner tube defines an inner volume. A piston is slidably disposed in the inner tube and divides the inner volume into a rebound working chamber and a compression working chamber. An active rebound valve is fluidly connected to the rebound working chamber and the fluid chamber, and an active compression valve is fluidly connected to the reserve chamber and the compression working chamber. An intake assembly is positioned in the fluid chamber to control the fluid flow through the active rebound valve and into the compression working chamber during a rebound stroke and to control fluid flow from the compression working chamber through the active compression valve and into the rebound working chamber during a compression stroke.
Damper assembly including valve connectors having one-way valves
A damper assembly includes an outer tube and an inner tube disposed in the outer tube defining a reserve chamber. The inner tube defines an inner volume. A piston is slidably disposed in the inner tube and divides the inner volume into a rebound working chamber and a compression working chamber. A rebound valve is fluidly connected to the rebound working chamber and the reserve chamber, and a compression valve is fluidly connected to the reserve chamber and the compression working chamber. A rebound valve connector fluidly connects the rebound valve and the rebound working chamber and a compression valve connector fluidly connects the compression valve and the compression working chamber. The rebound valve connector includes a one-way valve from the reserve chamber to the rebound working chamber and the compression valve connector includes a one-way valve from the reserve chamber to the compression working chamber.
STABILIZER ASSEMBLY FOR A TWO-TRACK VEHICLE
The invention relates to a stabilizer assembly of a two-track vehicle for stabilizing a rolling movement, the stabilizer assembly being operable on at least two different spring characteristics, comprising a first and a second stabilizer half, each coupled to a wheel of the vehicle, wherein the first and the second stabilizer halves are coupled such that they can rotate relative to each other about their longitudinal axis by means of a spring element, whereby the stabilizer is operable with a first spring characteristic, and wherein the first and the second stabilizer halves can be hydraulically coupled such that they can rotate relative to each other about their longitudinal axis by means of a hydraulic actuator, whereby the stabilizer is operable using at least one second spring characteristic. The actuator comprises at least two work chambers which are filled with a hydraulic medium and coupled to each other by a fluid-conducting connection, and the actuator comprises a transmission unit which is designed such that a rotational movement of the stabilizer halves can be converted into a translational movement of an intermediate element arranged between the two work chambers, and a volume flow of the hydraulic medium from the one work chamber into the other work chamber can thus be produced.
Adjustable vibration damper and vehicle having such a vibration damper
An adjustable vibration damper for a vehicle may include an outer tube, an intermediate tube, and an inner tube arranged coaxially. A concentric compensation chamber between the outer tube and the intermediate tube may receive a hydraulic fluid and a gas. A piston rod may include a piston disposed movably in the inner tube and dividing an interior of the inner tube into first and second working chambers. The adjustable vibration damper may also include first and second damper valves arranged on an outer wall. The first working chamber may be fluidically connected to the compensation chamber by the first damper valve for adjustment of a pressure stage, and the second working chamber may be fluidically connected to the compensation chamber by the second damper valve for adjustment of a traction stage.
SOLENOID, SOLENOID VALVE, AND SHOCK ABSORBER
A solenoid includes a first fixed iron core and a second fixed iron core located on a first end side and a second end side of an axial direction of a coil, a first movable iron core and a second movable iron core located therebetween and attracted by the first fixed iron core and the second fixed iron core by passage of current through the coil, respectively, a spring that biases the first movable iron core to the second fixed iron core side, a leaf spring that regulates movement of the first movable iron core to the second fixed iron core side with respect to the second movable iron core, and a communication passage that causes the first fixed iron core side of the second movable iron core to communicate with the second fixed iron core side.
SOLENOID, SOLENOID VALVE, AND SHOCK ABSORBER
A solenoid includes a first fixed iron core and a second fixed iron core located on a first end side and a second end side of an axial direction of a coil, a first movable iron core and a second movable iron core located therebetween and attracted by the first fixed iron core and the second fixed iron core by passage of current through the coil, respectively, a spring housed in a spring chamber formed on the first fixed iron core side of the first movable iron core and biasing the first movable iron core to the second fixed iron core side, a leaf spring that regulates movement of the first movable iron core to the second fixed iron core side with respect to the second movable iron core, and a throttle passage that causes the spring chamber to communicate with outside.
Adjustment device, adjustor and shock absorber
An adjustment device includes a body, an adjustment inner gear ring, and an adjustment shaft. The body has a cavity therein, has a first end provided with a first hole and a second hole, and has a peripheral wall provided with a third hole. The first hole, the second hole, and the third hole are connected with the cavity. The adjustment inner gear ring is fitted in the cavity, and has a peripheral wall provided with adjustment holes. The adjustment holes have different cross-sectional areas. A second end of the adjustment shaft has an adjustment gear and passes through the second hole into the cavity. The adjustment gear meshes with the adjustment inner gear ring. The adjustment shaft is rotatable to drive rotation of the adjustment inner gear ring so as to enable the third hole to be connected with the cavity through one of the adjustment holes.
THREE-PORT ADJUSTER
A three-port adjuster for a vehicle suspension damper is described. The three-port adjuster includes a first port to provide a fluid flow path to a compression region of a damping cylinder, a second port to provide a fluid flow path to a rebound region of a damping cylinder, a third port to provide a fluid flow path to a reservoir chamber, and at least one valve to control a fluid flow therethrough.