ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,790, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle strut insulator" was invented by Sung Jae Oh (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Hoon Yoo (Anyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a vehicle strut insulator that includes first and second bushes (100 and 200) having different hardness characteristics. The first bush (100) having a relatively high hardness is disposed in a left-right direction of a vehicle that affects the handling performance, and the second bush (200) having a relatively low hardness is disposed in a forward-backward di...