US Patent Issued to JTEKT, NAKANISHI METAL WORKS on Sept. 30 for "Strut bearing and vehicle strut suspension" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,819, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to JTEKT Corp. (Osaka, Japan) and NAKANISHI METAL WORKS Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Strut bearing and vehicle strut suspension" was invented by Hiroshi Yano (Kariya, Japan), Ikuhisa Maeda (Kariya, Japan), Yasuhiro Narazaki (Osaka, Japan), Yoshio Horikawa (Osaka, Japan) and Shogo Fukada (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strut bearing includes an upper case, a lower case, an upper raceway ring held by the upper case, a lower raceway ring held by the lower case, and rolling elements that roll in a space between the upper raceway ring and the lower raceway ring. The upper case has an uppe...