US Patent Issued to NHK SPRING on Sept. 30 for "Torsion bar unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,821, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NHK SPRING Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Torsion bar unit" was invented by Shinji Iino (Yokohama, Japan), Saiji Uetsuhara (Yokohama, Japan) and Takuya Sato (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A torsion bar unit includes a cylindrical shaped torsion bar including a fiber-reinforced composite material and extending in a first direction, a first holding member having a first groove for holding an end part of the torsion bar, and a second holding member having a second groove for holding the end part of the torsion bar at a position opposite the first groove and sandwiching and holding...