ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,191, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Sumitomo Riko Co. Ltd. (Komaki, Japan).
"Damping device and mount assembly with a damping device" was invented by Ricardo Medina (Novi, Mich.) and Bryan McMullen (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elastomeric damping device, a mount assembly, and a method for assembling the mount assembly is provided. The mount assembly includes a casing having a first through-hole. The elastomeric damping device is disposed in the first through-hole and includes a main body, a bottom flange, and a head portion. The bottom flange is disposed on a bottom end of the casing and the head portion is dispos...