US Patent Issued to SRAM on Aug. 11 for "Height adjustable seat posts for bicycles" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,448, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SRAM LLC (Chicago).

"Height adjustable seat posts for bicycles" was invented by Christopher Shipman (Chicago), Sage Hahn (Chicago) and Brian Jordan (Highland Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Height adjustable seat posts for bicycles are described herein. An example height adjustable seat post includes an upper tube and a lower tube configured in a telescopic arrangement. The height adjustable seat post includes a piston assembly in the upper tube that divides the upper tube into a first chamber and a second chamber. The piston assembly includes a valve to control fluid flow between the...