ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,326, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ElringKlinger AG (Dettingen-Erms, Germany).

"Decoupling element for reducing structure-borne noise, particularly for use in a heat shield system" was invented by Pascal Dirnberger (Eckental, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decoupling element for reducing structure-borne noise, particularly for use in a heat shield system, having a sleeve element with an insertion opening for the insertion of a fastener for fastening to a partner fastener, wherein the insertion opening extends in an axial direction of the sleeve element and the sleeve element has collars protruding in a radial directi...