ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,510, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"Front fork" was invented by Yasuhiro Aoki (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front fork includes a spring that is provided between a first cylindrical body and a second cylindrical body and applies a force in a direction to separate the first cylindrical body and the second cylindrical body, and a spring seat portion that is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical body and receives a first end of the spring. The spring seat portion includes a fixing portion that is fixed to the first cylindrical body, a spring...