US Patent Issued to ODU on Oct. 20 for "Coil spring with a closed longitudinal component and connector with a coil spring" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,058, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to ODU GmbH & Co. KG (Muehldorf a. Inn, Germany).

"Coil spring with a closed longitudinal component and connector with a coil spring" was invented by Stefan Seibuchner (Pleiskirchen, Germany), Thomas Neuburger (Simbach a. Inn, Germany) and Gerhard Nicklbauer (Muehldorf a. Inn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil spring has longitudinal component, located within the coil spring, running along the direction of a longitudinal axis of the coil spring. The longitudinal component may be a simple loop or may bias the coil spring into a different shape. The longitudinal component may have a firs...