US Patent Issued to Advanced Suspension Technology on May 5 for "Piston for shock absorber with optimized bleed range and tuneability" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,448, issued on May 5, was assigned to Advanced Suspension Technology LLC (Northville, Mich.).

"Piston 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, a piston rod, and a piston assembly. The piston assembly includes a first disc, a second disc, and a piston body. The piston body includes first and second surfaces and first and second fluid passages. The piston body further includes a first circumferential land surrounding the first fluid passage an...