ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,887, issued on May 13, was assigned to DN Automotive Germany GmbH (Germany).

"Bush" was invented by Christoph Purreiter (Munich, Great Britain), Jonathan Morton (Mendig, Great Britain), Jan Geisen (Mendig, Great Britain), Peter Simms (Trowbridge, Great Britain) and Hamid Mir (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments provide a bush for isolating vibrations, the bush comprising: a first anchor part defining a longitudinal axis; a second anchor part disposed coaxially with respect to the first anchor part; a first resilient body operably engaged with the first anchor part; a second resilient body operably engaged w...