ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,284, issued on March 4, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).
"High stroke efficiency hydraulic bump stop" was invented by Matthew Stewart (Buford, Ga.) and Ola Christopher Nilsson (Flowery Branch, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a hydraulic jounce bouncer comprising a damper body, a shaft telescopically engaged with the damper body, a piston slidably disposed within the damper body and threadedly coupled to a first end of the shaft, wherein the piston has at least one compression port therethrough, and a negative spring disposed between the shaft and the damper body."
The patent was filed on July 19...