ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,860, issued on July 29, was assigned to OSHKOSH DEFENSE LLC (Oshkosh, Wis.).
"Position dependent damper" was invented by Erik S. Ellifson (Oshkosh, Wis.), Patrick S. Dillman (Lannon, Wis.), Jason J. Zuleger (Appleton, Wis.), Aaron J. Rositch (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Robert K. Sollenskog (Oshkosh, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper assembly includes a housing including a wall defining a first aperture fluidly coupled to a second aperture, a first tubular member coupled to the housing, a second tubular member extending between the wall and the first tubular member, a first plunger coupled to the second tubular member and in slidin...