ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,739, issued on May 12, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH (Ennepetal, Germany) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).
"Controllable vibration damper" was invented by Juergen Schneider (Iserlohn, Germany) and Michael Sturm (Essen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controllable vibration damper includes a damping force control system, having a damper housing tube. The damper is at least partially filled with a damping medium. A damping valve for damping force control is arranged on and fluidly connected to the damper housing tube. The damper housing tube has an inner tube, which is inserted into the tubular damper housing ...