ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,003, issued on March 17, was assigned to BeijingWest Industries Co. Ltd. (Beijing).
"Hydraulic compression stop with closable windows" was invented by Mateusz Szymon Sarapata (Wysoka, Poland) and Dominik Kasprzyk (Debica, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic compression stop (HCS) assembly includes an HCS base defining an HCS window providing fluid communication between a compression chamber of a damper and an exterior space; a spring guide movable relative to the HCS base by action of a piston; and a closure member attached to the spring guide and configured to selectively and progressively cover a portion of the HCS w...