Patents
US 12202311 B2: End member assemblies as well as gas spring and damper assemblies including same
- Granted
- 2025-01-21
- Filed
- 2022-03-30 application 18554476
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
End member assemblies include a first end member and a second end member. The first end member includes a first end member wall with a first side wall portion and a first flange wall portion. The first flange wall portion includes a plurality of attachment passages extending therethrough. The second end member includes a second end member wall with a second side wall portion and a second flange wall portion. The second end member includes attachment studs disposed along the second flange wall portion. The first and second end members are positioned axially coextensive with one another with the attachment studs extending through corresponding attachment passages. A stud head is unitarily formed along the attachment studs with the stud head abuttingly engaging the first flange wall portion thereby retaining the first and second end members in an assembled condition.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250121.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC 193 patents | US company or organization | Nashville, TN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutger Zegveld | Arnhem, NL | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Joseph A. Bounds | Hermitage, TN | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B60G | Vehicle suspension arrangements | B60G17/0521 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-08 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BOUNDS, JOSEPH A. signed 2021-04-01 ZEGVELD, RUTGER signed 2021-04-07 | FIRESTONE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, LLC NASHVILLE, TN | 65155/488 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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