Editing Rodney Mullen (section)

===Tensor===
Around 2000, Mullen engaged in the development of his own [[skateboard truck]] design, a concept that would later become the foundation for the company [[Tensor Trucks|Tensor]]. In 2000, Mullen filed for a United States [[Patent]] in support of his innovative work in the area and submitted the following abstract to the [[U.S. Patent and Trademark Office]]:

<blockquote>
A skateboard having one or more truck assemblies configured to eliminate undesired ride characteristics such as hanger-jiggle and wheel bite, without sacrificing the skateboard's steering responsiveness. Each truck assembly includes an axle assembly with a ring-shaped hanger that is confined on a kingpin using a pair of bushings, at least one of which includes an annular flange that projects into an annular gap defined between the hanger and the kingpin. This prevents the hanger from moving laterally relative to the kingpin and thereby eliminates undesired ride characteristics such as hanger-jiggle and wheel bite. In a separate feature of the invention, the skateboard truck assembly further incorporates a low-friction slider plate that enhances the rider's performance of certain maneuvers and at the same time protects other components of the truck assembly from undue wear.<ref>{{cite web|title=United States Patent Mullen|url=http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6443471.PN.&OS=PN/6443471&RS=PN/6443471|work=USPTO Patent Full Text and Image Database|publisher=Office of the Chief Communications Officer|access-date=25 May 2012|author=Staff|date=3 September 2002|archive-date=3 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150603085929/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6443471.PN.&OS=PN%2F6443471&RS=PN%2F6443471|url-status=live}}</ref></blockquote>

A subsequent advertisement was released, entitled "The Patented Tensor Design."<ref>{{cite web|year=2012|title=Tensor Trucks - Patented Design Ad (2003)|url=http://skately.com/library/ads/tensor-trucks-patented-design-2003|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520001043/http://skately.com/library/ads/tensor-trucks-patented-design-2003|archive-date=20 May 2012|access-date=23 December 2012|work=skately|publisher=Skately LLC}}</ref> Tensor recruited team riders such as [[Daewon Song]], [[Chris Cole (skateboarder)|Chris Cole]], [[Chris Haslam (skateboarder)|Chris Haslam]], [[Salman Agah]], [[Ryan Sheckler]], Kanten Russell, and Gailea Momolu.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tensor Trucks|url=http://skately.com/library/brands/tensor-trucks|work=skately|publisher=Skately, LLC|access-date=23 December 2012|year=2012|archive-date=13 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413023652/http://skately.com/library/brands/tensor-trucks|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2012|12}}, the Tensor team consists of Mullen, along with Daewon Song, [[Ronnie Creager]], Enrique Lorenzo, [[Manny Santiago]], [[Zered Bassett]], Felipe Ortiz, and [[Joey Brezinski]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Team|url=http://tensortrucks.com/team/mullen/|work=Tensor Trucks|access-date=23 December 2012|year=2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313071551/http://tensortrucks.com/team/mullen/|archive-date=13 March 2013}}</ref>