US Patent Issued to Firestone Industrial Products on June 10 for "Gas spring seal caps as well as gas spring and damper assemblies and methods including same" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,273, issued on June 10, was assigned to Firestone Industrial Products Co. LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Gas spring seal caps as well as gas spring and damper assemblies and methods including same" was invented by Joseph A. Bounds (Hermitage, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas spring seal cap secured a first end member of a gas spring and damper assembly such that a substantially fluid-tight connection is formed therebetween. Seal cap includes a seal cap body with a first end surface portion and a second end surface portion. An electrical conductor extends through seal cap body that includes a first terminal end conductively access...