ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,108, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Wire rope vibration damping" was invented by Yuri Anatoly Karpenko (Brighton, Mich.) and Avik Banerjee (Westland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface plate for operably coupling a vehicle component to a chassis of the vehicle may include a first surface adapted to be operably coupled to an actuator housing, a second surface adapted to be operably coupled to the chassis, and a vibration reduction assembly to reduce vibration propagation between the actuator housing and the chassis. The vibration reduction assembly may include a fir...