ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,090, issued on May 6, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Suspension enhancing hub and rear derailleur assembly" was invented by Evan Michael Choltco-Devlin (North Vancouver, Canada), Mark Stephen Fitzsimmons (Gilroy, Calif.) and Wesley E. Allinger (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic automatically decoupling hub assembly. The decoupling hub assembly has an axle and a hub shell rotationally positioned about the axle. A controller provides automatic activation/deactivation signals to an inductor. The decoupling hub assembly has a bearing rotationally positioned about the axle and a cassette bod...