ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,512, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Bearing bush for vibration isolation between two vehicle components of a motor vehicle" was invented by Ameya Karmarkar (Russelsheim am Main, Germany) and Christian Ludwig (Zwingenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bush may include an inner tube, an outer tube, and an intermediate tube portion made from a compliant material and arranged radially between the inner tube and the outer tube. A radially outer surface of the inner tube and a radially inner surface of the outer tube may each have at least one protr...