US Patent Issued to Advanced Suspension Technology on Oct. 21 for "Damper assembly including intake valve in fluid chamber" (Spanish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,015, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Advanced Suspension Technology LLC (Northville, Mich.).

"Damper assembly including intake valve in fluid chamber" was invented by Jose Ramon Martinez (Bilbao, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper assembly includes an inner tube and an outer tube enclosing respective first and second chambers and defining respective first and second side openings. The assembly includes a housing supported by the outer tube and having an open bottom with a lip extending radially inward. The assembly includes a unitary connector engaged with the first side opening and axially extending away from the inner...