US Patent Issued to Oshkosh Defense on March 11 for "Load dependent damper for a vehicle suspension system" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,572, issued on March 11, was assigned to Oshkosh Defense LLC (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Load dependent damper for a vehicle suspension system" was invented by Jason J. Zuleger (Appleton, Wis.) and Robert K. Sollenskog (Oshkosh, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly includes a valve body defining an inner volume, a flow controller positioned within the inner volume, a plug positioned within the inner volume, and a biasing element. The plug is spaced from the flow controller such that an intermediate chamber is defined between the plug and the flow controller. The biasing element is positioned in the intermediate chamber between...