ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,538, issued on June 23, was assigned to ON TOP SAFETY EQUIPMENT LLC (Cheektowaga, N.Y.).
"Force damper" was invented by John J. Carroccia (Orchard Park, N.Y.) and Jeffrey L. Murray (Hamburg, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A force damper arranged to progressively arrest a first force imparted by an object moving in a first direction is disclosed. The force damper includes a housing enclosure having a first housing end and a second housing end. The first housing end includes a first connection point, and the second housing end includes an opening. A driving member is disposed within the housing enclosure and includes a first shaft...