ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,538, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Fork crown arm structure" was invented by Daniel McCormick (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Bryan Wesley Anderson (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Joshua Coaplen (Asheville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a crown comprising a steerer tube boss, a first upper tube boss, and a second upper tube boss. The first upper tube boss and the second upper tube boss reside on a plane on opposing sides of the upper tube boss, wherein the plane comprises the central axis of the first upper tube boss and the central axis of the second upper tube boss. There is a first ar...