ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,918, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Vibracoustic USA Inc. (South Haven, Mich.).

"Air mount with lateral control" was invented by Bashar Nofal Kasrawi (Portland, Ore.), Shawn Michael Freyhof (Hamilton, Mich.), Daniel Johan Kaldner (Portland, Ore.) and Philipp Werner (Luneburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air spring may include a first member, a second member, a flexible bellows, and/or an isolator/bumper. The first member may include a first member axial extension that may extend in an axial direction. The second member may include a second member axial extension that may extend in the axial direction. The flexible b...