ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,746, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Shock Therapy Suspension Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Shock stiffener system" was invented by Justin Smith (Wittmann, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an automatically controlled shock stiffening system. The automatically controlled shock stiffening system may include an electronic control unit receiving sensor input which automatically stiffens and softens a shock during operation. An override button is provided to immediately stiffen the shock in response to a user activating the override button. The system may include a main body with an oil flow aperture and a flow control system that...