US Patent Issued to FCA US on Nov. 25 for "Rear lower isolator" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,251, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Rear lower isolator" was invented by Zachary D Klingston (Oxford, Mich.), Nathan J Kellaway (Linden, Mich.) and Richard R Churay (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spring rear isolator has a base to couple the isolator with a suspension module. A spring seat, coupled with the base, has an index pilot hub to receive a pig tail end of a coil spring. The index pilot hub has an overall circular cylindrical shape with a lobe that peripherally extends from a portion of the cylinder. The lobe fixes position of the coil spring in the spring seat. The index ...