US Patent Issued to Fox Factory on Jan. 13 for "Linked gas chambers for e-sway disconnect" (California, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,042, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Linked gas chambers for e-sway disconnect" was invented by Andrew Brennan (Pleasanton, Calif.), Patrick Burke (Scotts Valley, Calif.) and Rick Strickland (Winder, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper link associated with a sway bar system is disclosed. The damper link can include a damper chamber with a first fluid reservoir, a shaft configured to move in an out the damper chamber, and a piston. The damper link can further include a negative gas chamber housed in the damper chamber wherein a gas in the gas chamber is compressed or decompressed by a moveme...