ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,827, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Velocity dependent air spring" was invented by Edwin Blake Nicholas (Elbert, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A velocity dependent flow control unit for an air spring. The velocity dependent flow control unit including a compression fluid pathway with a one-way valve and a rebound fluid pathway with a one-way valve. The velocity dependent flow control unit can be fixed and coupled between two additional air chambers of the air shock. A spring curve of said air shock can be dependent upon a velocity of a compression of the air shock and can be controlled by...