ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,920, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Aktiebolaget SKF (Goteborg, Switzerland).
"Bump stop device with seal" was invented by Thomas Lepine (Tours, France), Desire Vidot (Ballan-Mire, France), Bruno Montboeuf (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France) and Francois De Lemps (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a bottom support cover, a top bracing cover, an annular passage being defined between the covers, at least one bearing disposed between the covers, and at least one annular seal. The seal provides a fixing portion secured by mechanical link to a first cover out of the bottom support cover and the top...