US Patent Issued to Iowa State University Research Foundation, Link on Sept. 23 for "Magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) apparatuses, methods, and systems, including bushings for vibrational damping or isolation" (Virginia, Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,010, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc. (Ames, Iowa) and Link Mfg. Ltd. (Sioux Center, Iowa).

"Magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) apparatuses, methods, and systems, including bushings for vibrational damping or isolation" was invented by Michael D. Bartlett (Blacksburg, Va.), David C. Jiles (Ames, Iowa), Edward J. Barron (Blacksburg, Va.), Winnie M. Kiarie (Ames, Iowa), William E. Ott (Sioux Center, Iowa) and Tye B. Davis (Sioux Center, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An isolator designed through the inclusion of a magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) along and at or near an electrom...