US Patent Issued to SOMIC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS on Sept. 16 for "Flow control valve, damper and steering device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,563, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SOMIC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS INC. (Tokyo).

"Flow control valve, damper and steering device" was invented by Kazumasa Nakaya (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provide is a steering device capable of absorbing great impact force, a damper applicable to the steering device, and a flow control valve applicable to the damper. The steering device 100 includes a damper 120 between a rack bar 103 and a rack end 106. In the damper 120, an inner chamber 121 is formed at an outer peripheral portion of a socket main body 107, and an integral displacement body 130 is slidably fitted onto the ou...