ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,143, issued on May 27, was assigned to Vibracoustic SE (Darmstadt, Germany).
"Shaft vibration absorber" was invented by Markus Duerre (Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany), Joschka Gutmann (Staufen im Breisgau, Germany), Christian Paul (Auggen, Germany), Manuel Sommerfeld (Freiburg, Germany), Hagen Kessler (Mullheim, Germany) and Jorg Hess (Kandern, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaft vibration absorber for absorbing vibrations of a shaft includes an elastomer body that is reached through by a central longitudinal centre axis. In embodiments, the elastomer body includes holding geometries that protrude in the radial direction and ...