US Patent Issued to AKSISTEM ELEKTROMEKANIK SANAYI VE TICARET on May 27 for "Friction damper for dampening out vibrations generated by a laundry treating machine" (Turkish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,728, issued on May 27, was assigned to AKSISTEM ELEKTROMEKANIK SANAYI VE TICARET Ltd. SIRKETI (Tekirdag, Turkey).

"Friction damper for dampening out vibrations generated by a laundry treating machine" was invented by Ayse Moroz (Istanbul).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A friction damper for dampening out vibrations generated by a drum of a laundry treating machine includes a hollow piston body; a piston rod adapted to move telescopically along a central longitudinal axis of the hollow piston body; a friction element made of a resilient material interposed in between the hollow piston body and the piston rod, wherein a friction occurs ...