ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,767, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to JULIUS BLUM GMBH (Hoechst, Austria).
"Damper" was invented by Thomas Schuler (Hard, Austria), Simon Gassner (Lustenau, Austria) and Bernhard Krammer (Hoechst, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper includes a damper housing, a fluid chamber in the damper housing, a damping fluid in the fluid chamber, a piston displaceable in the fluid chamber, a piston rod connected to the piston, and a volume compensating device in the damper housing. The volume compensating device compensates for a displaceable volume of the damping fluid when the piston rod is immersed into the fluid chamber, and in...