ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,074, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Internal floating piston" was invented by Joshua Coaplen (Asheville, N.C.), Christopher Otterness (Asheville, N.C.) and Thomas Pollock (Fletcher, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An IFP is disclosed. The IFP includes a sealing channel formed axially about an outer diameter (OD), the sealing channel including at least two walls where the at least two walls of the sealing channel having a smaller OD than an inner diameter (ID) of a chamber and a channel is formed between the at least two walls. The IFP also includes an anti-tipping feature fixedly coupled wit...