US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on May 19 for "High temperature, high torque, polymeric rotational dampener" (Michigan, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,236, issued on May 19, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"High temperature, high torque, polymeric rotational dampener" was invented by Craig Martin Oomen Jr. (Lowell, Mich.), Samuel Smith (Allendale, Mich.), Daniel Lindsey (Tinley Park, Ill.) and Steven Bivens (Kankakee, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotational spring dampener includes a core having an opening therethrough, a first solid component having a first set of bosses, a second solid component having a second set of bosses, and a tensile member positioned between the first solid component and the second solid component. The tensile member incl...