US Patent Issued to Fox Factory on Aug. 11 for "Fork arch" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,453, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Fork arch" was invented by Daniel McCormick (Mills River, N.C.), Bryan Wesley Anderson (Horse Shoe, N.C.) and Joshua Coaplen (Asheville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fork arch is disclosed. The fork arch includes a torsional geometry portion to provide torsional stiffness. The fork arch also includes a transverse geometry portion to provide transverse shear stiffness, the transverse geometry portion intermingled with the torsional geometry portion to provide an optimized hybrid torsion and transverse shear stiffness for the fork arch."

The patent was f...