ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,995, issued on March 25, was assigned to Bollhoff Verbindungstechnik GmbH (Bielefeld, Germany).

"Damping arrangement, component with damping arrangement as well as corresponding component connection, a manufacturing method and a connecting method" was invented by Sandra Steffenfauseweh (Verl, Germany) and Alexander Vorderwisch (Steinhagen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damping arrangement which is fastenable in an opening of a first component and by which a dampened connection of the first component with a second component is realizable, including, two identically constructed damping elements. Each damping element include...