ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,013, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"Shock absorber" was invented by Nao Kadota (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock absorber includes: a piston which is connected to an upper end of a rod by a fixing member and moves forward and backward in a cylinder; a conductor member which penetrates the piston from an upper end of an outer tube and extends into the rod; a coil which is provided in the rod so as to be capable of detecting a displacement of the conductor member with respect to the rod; an elastic body made of a resin material which is provided adjacent to the c...