US Patent Issued to SRAM on May 12 for "Controllable cycle suspension" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,748, issued on May 12, was assigned to SRAM LLC (Chicago).

"Controllable cycle suspension" was invented by Geoff Nichols (San Luis Obispo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension component for a bicycle is provided. The suspension component includes a first tube having a first end and a second tube having a second end, the first tube and the second tube configured in a telescopic arrangement having the first end as a first distal end of the telescopic arrangement and the second end forming a second distal end of the telescopic arrangement, the telescopic arrangement having an interior space bounded by inner walls of the fir...