US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Dec. 30 for "Device and method for reducing noise in an interior of a vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,057, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Device and method for reducing noise in an interior of a vehicle" was invented by Lukas Niedermaier (Ravensburg-Oberhofen, Germany) and Phil Karaman (Osnabruck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for reducing noise in an interior space of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a body having the interior space, at least one tire, and one wheel rim associated with the tire. The tire and the wheel rim are mounted onto a suspension strut, and the suspension strut is mounted onto the body. The device is arranged outside the interio...