ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,939, issued on March 17, was assigned to SRAM LLC (Chicago).

"Front forks for bicycles" was invented by Chi Hui Su (Taichung City, Taiwan), Hong Chou Lee (Taichung City, Taiwan), Chu Chen Wang (Taichung City, Taiwan) and En-Chieh Chen (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example front forks for bicycles are described herein. An example front fork includes a crown having a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side. The crown defines an opening between the top side and the bottom side. The front fork includes a first leg and a second leg coupled to and extending from the bottom side of the crown. The front fork...