US Patent Issued to ContiTech Vibration Control on May 26 for "Rod for connecting members of a motor vehicle, and associated manufacturing method" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,042, issued on May 26, was assigned to ContiTech Vibration Control GmbH (Hannover, Germany).

"Rod for connecting members of a motor vehicle, and associated manufacturing method" was invented by Sebastien Oger (Plechatel, France) and Franck Kerguelen (Treffendel, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting rod includes a connecting part to cooperate with an external member. The connecting part includes a yoke connected to an eyelet by a continuous reinforcing strip and forming a loop. The yoke, eyelet and reinforcing strip being overmolded."

The patent was filed on Jan. 7, 2022, under Application No. 18/260,941.

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