US Patent Issued to Robert Bosch on March 18 for "Axial and radial suspension for a magnetically actuated exciter device" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,512, issued on March 18, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Axial and radial suspension for a magnetically actuated exciter device" was invented by Michael Sturm (Milford, Mich.), Kevin Wienen (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Michael Yankonis (Whitmore Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension system for an exciter device. The exciter device includes a piston extending through an opening of a moveable housing and generates a vibrational force by causing a linear reciprocating movement of the housing relative to the piston. The suspension system includes an axial suspension magnet fixedly coupled to t...