ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,404, issued on June 3, was assigned to DRiV Automotive Inc. (Skokie, Ill.).
"Damper assembly" was invented by Franky Montagna (Bilzen, Belgium), Werner Bosmans (Beringen, Belgium), Frederik Baldoni (Borgloon, Belgium), Simon Anne de Molina (Namur, Belgium), Ruben Evens (Hasselt, Belgium), Ronny Vanbrabant (Heusden-Zolder, Belgium) and Rahul Popatrao Ekatpure (Sint-Truiden, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper assembly includes a rod elongated along an axis. The damper assembly includes a body supported by the rod, the body having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The body and the rod define a ...