ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,861, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH (Paderborn, Germany).
"Chassis component having a receptacle for an elastomer bearing" was invented by Erik Hochapfel (Gudensberg, Germany), Thomas Prus-Thorns (Paderborn, Germany) and Juergen Hummelt (Paderborn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chassis component having a receptacle for an elastomer bearing(s), the receptacle has a first cylinder section and a second cylinder section. The first cylinder section is formed by a rim hole and the second cylinder section is formed by a sleeve. The chassis component is formed from a first and a second sheet meta...