ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,942, issued on March 17.
"Suspension fork" was invented by Anthony Diaz (Durango, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension fork includes a steerer tube, a crown attached to the steerer tube, and a pair of fork legs extending from the crown. Each fork leg has a hollow stanchion telescopically inserted into a hollow lower. A piston having a piston head separates the stanchion into a positive and a negative air spring chamber. A base is disposed inside the stanchion and is secured to the stanchion such that the base is arranged between a closed end of the lower and the piston head. A floating piston is slidably disposed inside...