ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,877, issued on July 29, was assigned to SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY Ltd. (Komaki, Japan).
"Liquid-filled vibration damping device" was invented by Hiroki Kondo (Komaki, Japan) and Kenji Oki (Komaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid-filled vibration damping device including a main unit and a bracket, the main unit including first and second attachments connected by a rubber body, and a closure member locked to the second attachment from below with a seal member sandwiched therebetween to seal a liquid chamber. The second attachment includes a pair of metallic connectors inserted into a pair of metallic grooves of the bracket. T...