ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,256, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to JULIUS BLUM GMBH (Hoechst, Austria).

"Damper for a fitting for movably mounting a pivoting element or a pull-out element" was invented by Bernhard Krammer (Hoechst, Austria) and Heike Seltmann (Dornbirn, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper is provided for a fitting for movably supporting a pivoting element or a pull-out element relative to a stationary carrier. The damper includes a damper housing, a fluid chamber arranged in the damper housing, a damping fluid arranged in the fluid chamber, a piston displaceably supported in the fluid chamber, and a sealing element having a first s...