ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,487, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to NITTO KOHKI Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Vibration isolation structure" was invented by Masahiro Satoh (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration isolation structure includes a mounting structure part secured to a pump, an elastic vibration isolation member attached to the mounting structure part, and an upper securing member secured to the mounting structure part to hold the elastic vibration isolation member. The upper securing member has first and second body portions opposed to each other across a tabular mounting portion of the mounting structure part in a thickness direction thereof. A con...