ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,754, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to THUMPER FABRICATION LLC (Marshall, Texas).
"Universal housing" was invented by Jeff Kester (Marshall, Texas) and Jesse Johnson (Marshall, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a universal housing. The universal housing has a central void. The system also includes a sleeve sized to be received within the central void. The universal housing can be used to house a ball joint and a uniball interchangeably. This allows the consumer to switch between a ball joint or a uniball joint without replacing the support arm. This aids in flexibility and versatility as well as decreases th...