ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,871, issued on March 25, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Method and apparatus for an adjustable damper" was invented by Everet Owen Ericksen (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Christopher Paul Cox (Capitola, Calif.), Philip Tsiaras (Dacula, Ga.), Mark Larson (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Mario Galasso (Sandy Hook, Conn.) and Matt McLellan (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling vehicle motion is described. The method includes accessing a set of control signals including a measured vehicle speed value associated with a movement of a vehicle. A control signal associated with user-induced input is also acce...