ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,720, issued on May 27, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Hydraulic cross-linked suspension" was invented by Ivan Tong (San Diego), Connor Randall (Salida, Colo.) and Rick Strickland (Watsonville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a cross-linked system comprising a first shock assembly and a second shock assembly. A first line is fluidly coupled with a first rebound chamber of the first shock assembly and a second compression chamber of the second shock assembly. The first line allows fluid to flow between the first rebound chamber and the second compression chamber. A second line is fluidly coup...