ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,733, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).
"Sliding bushing" was invented by Takashi Kume (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a sliding bushing in which sliding of an inner shaft member with respect to a main rubber elastic body is allowed. The inner shaft member includes a bulge part provided midway in an axial direction. A braided cloth-like sliding liner is arranged between the inner shaft member and the main rubber elastic body so as to be non-adhesive and slidable with respect to the inner shaft member. In a portion of the sliding liner arranged on an outer periphery with re...