ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,179, issued on June 10, was assigned to Firestone Industrial Products Co. LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"End member assemblies and gas spring assemblies including same" was invented by Edger ten Broeke (Gelderland, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "End member assemblies dimensioned for securement to a flexible spring member for forming a gas spring assembly include first and second end member sections. The first end member section includes a plurality of first ribs disposed in spaced relation to one another such that a plurality of first grooves are formed therebetween. The second end member section is disposed in abutting engagem...