ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,538, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Japan).
"Connection structure" was invented by Satoshi Iimure (Miyagi-ken, Japan) and Ryushi Takeuchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection structure includes first and second members disposed facing each other and an elastically deformable damper, where the first and second members are connected via the damper. The damper is made of an elastically deformable material, and includes a cylindrical portion, a flange, a first vibration absorber, and a second vibration absorber. The first member includes a convex support portion and a first contact portion in conta...