ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,522, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KYB Corp. (Tokyo).
"Spring guide and suspension device" was invented by Kenta Kurihara (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spring guide includes: a main body portion of which a coil spring is placed on a vehicle side, the main body portion being formed of a resin material; and a covering portion that covers an anti-spring side of the main body portion opposite to the coil spring. The covering portion is formed of a material having a physical property different from that of the resin material forming the main body portion."
The patent was filed on Jan. 27, 2021, under Application No. 1...