US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on Dec. 2 for "Solenoid, damping force adjustment mechanism, and damping force adjustable shock absorber" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,923, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Solenoid, damping force adjustment mechanism, and damping force adjustable shock absorber" was invented by Miho Shimazaki (Hitachinaka, Japan), Milton Muzvidziwa (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Koichi Yamaka (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a solenoid comprising a molded coil, an anchor, and an armature. In the anchor, an outer peripheral convex portion and an inner peripheral convex portion are formed. When no current is being applied, axial distance between the outer peripheral convex portion of the anchor and an outer peripheral por...