ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,694, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Advanced Suspension Technology LLC (Northville, Mich.).

"Hydraulic damper having a pressure tube and a ring" was invented by Matthew Lawrence Roessle (Temperance, Mich.), Thomas Mallin (Temperance, Mich.) and Christopher Serement (Trenton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ring circumscribing a moveable rod of a hydraulic damper. The movable rod defining an axis. The ring comprising a first wall, a second wall, an inner wall, an outer wall and a fluid passage. The fluid passage comprising a first channel extending radially along the second wall from the inner wall, with respect to the axis T...