ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,019, issued on April 29, was assigned to Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).

"Antivibration device" was invented by Naoki Furumachi (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antivibration device includes a bracket fixed to an antivibration connection target member. A positioning member attached to an attachment hole of the bracket includes a positioning protruding portion inserted into a positioning hole of the antivibration connection target member and positioning the bracket; and a cylindrical attachment portion protruding from the positioning protruding portion and inserted into the attachment hole. The attachment portion ...