US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Jan. 13 for "Configurable and tunable vibration dampener useable in a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,272, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Configurable and tunable vibration dampener useable in a vehicle" was invented by Edeena Alicia Reader (Canton, Mich.), Elise Renee Friedman (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Mark J. Ostin (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tunable vibration dampener includes a support including a first support wall and a second support wall spaced from the first support wall and a mass suspended between the first support wall and the second support wall. The mass has a first side surface and a second side surface. A first support system having a suppor...