US Patent Issued to Zhejiang Ruitai Suspension System Technology on May 20 for "Socket assembly with antirotation spring washer" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,698, issued on May 20, was assigned to Zhejiang Ruitai Suspension System Technology LTD (Shangtian Town, China).

"Socket assembly with antirotation spring washer" was invented by George R. Schmidt (St. Louis) and Haibin Jiang (Fenghua, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a socket assembly having a housing with a closed end and an open end and an axially slidable and rotatable bearing, a spring washer seated on the axially slidable and rotatable bearing with a protrusion or a recess on the external periphery for engagement with a cooperating recess or protrusion on an inner cavity of the housing to effectively stop movement of spr...