US Patent Issued to Advanced Suspension Technology on May 26 for "Restriction disc for shock absorber with optimized bleed range and tuneability" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,924, issued on May 26, was assigned to Advanced Suspension Technology LLC (Northville, Mich.).

"Restriction disc for shock absorber with optimized bleed range and tuneability" was invented by Franky Montagna (Bilzen, Belgium) and Werner Bosmans (Koersel, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock absorber for a vehicle including a pressure tube defining a fluid chamber, a piston body disposed within the fluid chamber, and a valve assembly. The piston body divides the fluid chamber into an upper working chamber and a lower working chamber. The piston body defines a first bleed passage and a first blowoff passage that each extend th...