ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,665, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Nissan North America Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Vibration dampening engine mount and modular vibration dampening engine mount system" was invented by Jennifer Valenzuela (Aguascalientes, Mexico) and Marco Antonio Flores Valdez (Toluca, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration dampening engine mount configured to mount an engine to a vehicle frame includes: a first bolt receiver having a first through hole configured to receive a first bolt; a second bolt receiver having a second through hole configured to receive a second bolt; and a mass damper connector integrally connecting the first bo...