ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,254, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Self-contained airshock assembly" was invented by Bret Voelkel (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Nobuhiko Negishi (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An airshock assembly is disclosed. The airshock assembly includes a shock absorber an airspring, and an air compressor assembly. The airspring is axially coupled with a portion of the shock absorber and used to modify a ride height of the shock absorber. The air compressor assembly is coupled with a portion of the shock absorber. The air compressor assembly is used to modify an air pressure in the airspring w...