ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,275, issued on March 24, was assigned to HITACHI ASTEMO LTD. (Ibaraki, Japan).
"Shock absorber" was invented by Yoshihiro Yamaguchi (Hitachinaka, Japan), Sadatomo Matsumura (Hitachinaka, Japan), Koichi Yamaka (Hitachinaka, Japan) and Naoya Tokoo (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This shock absorber includes an outer cylinder, and a bracket having a pair of extension parts. The outer cylinder has an opening and into which the inner cylinder is inserted and fixed. The pair of extension parts extend outward in a radial direction of the outer cylinder from different positions spaced apart in a circumferential direction ...