US Patent Issued to Brant William Berger on April 29 for "Automatic motorcycle fork suppression system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,190, issued on April 29, was assigned to Brant William Berger (Morro Bay, Calif.).

"Automatic motorcycle fork suppression system" was invented by Brant William Berger (Morro Bay, Calif.) and Gary Allen Brunkenhoefer (Templeton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic fork suppression system is described. The automatic fork suppression system includes a fork ring coupled to an upper fork tube and a locking assembly coupled to an outer face of a fork guard. The locking assembly includes a body, a latch lever, a pivot pin, a locking mechanism, and a lever return mechanism. In an unlocked position, the catch of the latch lever ...