US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on July 7 for "Joined body, method of manufacturing joined body, and shock absorber" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,499, issued on July 7, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Joined body, method of manufacturing joined body, and shock absorber" was invented by Masato Higuma (Hitachinaka, Japan), Atsushi Koshizaka (Hitachinaka, Japan), Keiji Kawahara (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Yu Ishimaru (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first annular groove is filled with a material of a solenoid case and a first joined portion is formed after a second annular groove is filled with the material of the solenoid case and a second joined portion is formed. This allows a load applied to a piston rod when the material of the solenoid...