US Patent Issued to Rheinmetall Invent on Jan. 27 for "Leaf spring device, leaf spring, and shock absorber assembly" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,920, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Rheinmetall Invent GmbH (Neuss, Germany).

"Leaf spring device, leaf spring, and shock absorber assembly" was invented by Ingo Roth (Pfedelbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leaf spring device for a motor vehicle, comprising a leaf spring unit made of a fiber composite plastic, and a piezo element arrangement which is attached to the leaf spring unit, wherein the piezo element arrangement is configured to generate an electric voltage in response to a deformation of the leaf spring unit."

The patent was filed on Oct. 22, 2021, under Application No. 18/033,016.

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