US Patent Issued to Prospira on Sept. 22 for "Damper rod mount" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,497, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Prospira Corp. (Kawasaki city, Japan).

"Damper rod mount" was invented by Kazutaka Otsu (Kawasaki city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper rod mount (1A) is configured to connect a damper rod and a vehicle body. The mount (1A) is formed as a metal plate spring. The mount (1A) comprises: a center portion (2) configured to have the damper rod attached thereto; a ring portion (3) surrounding the center portion (2); and a plurality of arm portions (4) each connecting the center portion (2) and the ring portion (3)."

The patent was filed on July 25, 2023, under Application No. 19/112,5...