Patents
US 12320454 B2: Mounting bracket assemblies as well as suspension assemblies, kits and methods including same
- Granted
- 2025-06-03
- Filed
- 2024-08-30 application 18821186
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Mounting bracket assemblies including first, second and third bracket members. The first bracket member includes first and second mounting surface portions. The first mounting surface portion engaging a suspension component. The second mounting surface portion defining a receiving zone for receiving a vehicle structure and is disposed along a first side of a first central plane of the receiving zone. A second bracket member includes first and second contact surface portions. The second bracket member is disposed along a second side of the first central plane and along a first side of a second central plane of the receiving zone. A third bracket member includes third and fourth contact surface portions. The third bracket member is disposed along the second side of the first central plane and along a second side of the second central plane. Suspension systems, kits and methods are also included.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250603.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott A. Smith | Brownsburg, IN | 61 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F16L | Pipes; joints or fittings for pipes; supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing; means for thermal insulation in general | F16L3/1066 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60G | Vehicle suspension arrangements | B60G11/113 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60R | Vehicles, vehicle fittings, or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for | B60R16/08 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-05 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SMITH, SCOTT A. signed 2021-12-08 | FIRESTONE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, LLC NASHVILLE, TN | 68499/298 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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