US Patent Issued to Fox Factory on Dec. 30 for "Bicycle front sprocket" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,145, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Bicycle front sprocket" was invented by Robert Erik Moore (Burnaby, Canada) and Douglas Alexander Chalmers (Burnaby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for a composite bicycle front sprocket are disclosed herein. One embodiment discloses a composite bicycle front sprocket assembly having an outer assembly of a first material. The bicycle front sprocket assembly also has a center assembly of a second material. The center assembly is disposed at least partially within the outer assembly. The center assembly is irremovably coupled with the ...