US Patent Issued to SRAM on July 15 for "Bash guard device and system for bicycle components" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,593, issued on July 15, was assigned to SRAM LLC (Chicago).

"Bash guard device and system for bicycle components" was invented by Melissa Hastings (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Stephanie Raulston (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Matthew Bush (San Louis Obispo, Calif.) and Alexander Linke (Schonungen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chainring protection system includes a chainring having a torque input section and a torque output section. The torque output section is radially outer relative to the torque input section and has a plurality of teeth. The chainring protection system also includes a cover connected to the chainring, such t...