ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,146, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Strut bearing unit for a motor vehicle" was invented by Xavier Blanchard (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France), Jordan Renaudon (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France), Bruno Montboeuf (Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, France) and Paul Rabourdin (Chambray les Tours, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strut bearing unit for a motor vehicle includes a lower cup for supporting a suspension spring, an upper cup for coupling with a top mount which provides a connection to a chassis of the motor vehicle, and a bearing interposed between the upper cup and the lower cup. The upper cup ha...