ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,324, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Strut mount cap" was invented by Keisuke Ueki (Tokyo), Hiroo Kawano (Tokyo) and Yasushi Morita (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strut mount cap is provided on an upper surface of a strut mount, and is configured to close a hole housing a fastening component for the strut mount and a shock absorber. The strut mount cap includes a cap body configured to close the hole, an annular water stop lip provided on an outer periphery of the cap body and in elastic contact with the upper surface of the strut mount to prevent water from entering the hole, a press-fit tube provi...