US Patent Issued to Canyon Bicycles on Oct. 14 for "Bicycle fork and bicycle fork system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,424, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Canyon Bicycles GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Bicycle fork and bicycle fork system" was invented by Mario Conradt (Koblenz, Germany) and Noah Hoertig (Koblenz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle fork including two fork legs connected with each other via a fork bridge. The fork bridge is connected with a steer tube. For a simpler arrangement of shift cables, hydraulic lines, cables and the like, the steer tube includes at least one flattening extending in the longitudinal direction of the steer shaft."

The patent was filed on July 29, 2022, under Application No. 17/876,702.

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