US Patent Issued to Fox Factory on March 18 for "Dual live valve shock having main damper and base valve actively controlled" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,139, issued on March 18, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Dual live valve shock having main damper and base valve actively controlled" was invented by Regan Woelfel (Scotts Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle damper assembly is disclosed. The damper includes a reservoir, a cylinder having an inner diameter (ID) and fluidly coupled with the reservoir and a rod and a piston. The piston coupled to the rod and configured to divide the cylinder into a compression side and a rebound side. The damper further includes an active base valve to provide independent flow control for a reservoir flow path betwe...