US Patent Issued to HITACHI ASTEMO on March 17 for "Solenoid, damping force adjustment mechanism, and damping force adjustable shock absorber" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,113, issued on March 17, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Solenoid, damping force adjustment mechanism, and damping force adjustable shock absorber" was invented by Ryuichi Suka (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Milton Muzvidziwa (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing (36) of a solenoid (33) is configured by including an accommodating tube portion (36A) extending in a winding axis direction of a coil (34A) and being open at one end. An anchor (41) is provided at such a position as to face the opening of the accommodating tube portion of the housing and includes a protruding portion (41) and a later...