ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,002, issued on March 17, was assigned to AUMOVIO Germany GmbH.
"Bellows" was invented by Adrian-Nicolae Ciotlos (Sibiu, Romania) and Constantin Popa (Ramnicu Valcea, Romania).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bellows formed from an elastic material with a cylinder jacket as a basic shape, a cylinder axis corresponding to a working direction, and a jacket surface shaped into a plurality of folds transversely with respect to the working direction. Each fold has a first fold diameter perpendicular to the working direction and spaced apart therefrom in the working direction, a second fold diameter differing from the first fold diameter an...