ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,626, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co KG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Suspension strut bearing having a cap and production method" was invented by Ralf Stautner (Nuremberg, Germany), Jurgen Hahn (Burhhaslach, Germany), Gerhard Meyer (Lehrberg, Germany), Jens Dungs (Nuremberg, Germany) and Rainer Lutz (Markt Erlbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension strut bearing for a motor vehicle includes a cap, a guide ring rotatably mounted relative to the cap about an axis of rotation, and a bearing arranged between the cap and the guide ring. The cap has a profile with a rib structure open in ...