ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,733, issued on May 20, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Adjustable shock assembly" was invented by Andrew Laird (Seattle) and Everet Owen Ericksen (Woodland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable shock assembly is disclosed herein. The adjustable shock assembly includes a damper body having a main chamber with a working fluid therein. An adjustable active valve assembly comprising: a first parallel flow pathway comprising an active valve; and a second parallel flow pathway comprising a firm mode blowoff stack and a firm mode adjuster to adjust a blowoff pressure of the firm mode blowoff stack. A main pis...