US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on March 18 for "Component for a vehicle suspension system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,981, issued on March 18, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Component for a vehicle suspension system" was invented by Joe L. Buchwitz (Huntington Woods, Mich.), John Joseph Uicker (Dearborn, Mich.) and Sean Christopher Remisoski (Wyandotte, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component for a vehicle suspension system that includes a circular first housing that defines a first aperture. A first intermediate portion is coupled to a first end portion of the first housing and has a length that is less than a diameter of the first aperture. A circular second housing is coupled to the first intermediate p...