ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,010, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Vibracoustic SE (Darmstadt, Germany).
"Damping apparatus and method for assembly" was invented by Markus Duerre (Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany) and Tim Fricker (Breisach am Rhein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damping device for absorbing and/or damping vibrations of a vehicle part or isolating and/or damping a vibrating vehicle component includes a mass element, a fastening element for fastening the damping device to a vehicle part, and a spring device connecting the mass element to the fastening element to be capable of oscillation. The mass element or fastening element having a fasten...