ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,635, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Bilstein GmbH (Ennepetal, Germany) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Vibration damper for a vehicle" was invented by Tim Noruschat (Wuppertal, Germany), Nicolas Sumkoetter (Wadersloh, Germany) and Klaus Schmidt (Odenthal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a vibration damper for a vehicle comprising: an external tube and an internal tube which is arranged coaxially relative thereto, wherein a compensation chamber for receiving hydraulic fluid is formed between the external tube and the internal tube, and a working piston which is connected...