ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,165, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Dual piston shock assembly" was invented by Bobby Lee Smith Jr. (Alpine, Calif.) and Geoffrey Tyler Carlisle (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual piston shock assembly is disclosed. The dual piston shock assembly includes a body with a chamber having working fluid therein. A dual piston assembly coupled with a shaft, the dual piston assembly including a compression piston, a rebound piston, and a reservoir port coupled between the compression piston and the rebound piston along an axis of the shaft. The dual piston assembly disposed in the chamber, a...