ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,107, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Textron Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Magnetorheological damper" was invented by Jared L. Trauernicht (Corona, Calif.), Brian Russell Hopkins (Moreno Valley, Calif.) and Eric Nels Anderfaas (Westminster, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetorheological damper, wherein the damper comprises a housing that is at least partially filed with a magnetorheological fluid, and a magnetorheological valve disposed within the housing. The valve includes a magnetically permeable core having at least one coil reservoir formed therein, and at least one conductor coil, wherein each conductor coil is dis...