US Patent Issued to Hitachi Astemo on May 26 for "Damping force generation mechanism and pressure shock absorber" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,061, issued on May 26, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).

"Damping force generation mechanism and pressure shock absorber" was invented by Gota Nakano (Hitachinaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damping force generation mechanism with a flow path inside thereof, through which a fluid flows, includes: a valve body part including an elastically deformable elastic part and a pressure receiving part receiving pressure of the fluid; a valve seat part provided around a flow path port of the flow path, with which the pressure receiving part is able to make contact; and a support part provided in a constituent ...