ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,238, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to AIGI Environmental Inc. (Nanjing, China).

"Split oil seal composed of double springs and double rings" was invented by Jingwei Zhao (Nanjing, China) and Jun Zhang (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A split oil seal composed of double springs and double rings comprises an elastic outer ring intended to be statically mounted in a cavity outside a bearing box or gear box, and an elastic inner ring intended to be sleeved on a shaft of the device and held by the outer ring. The outer ring has an outer ring cut and the inner ring has an inner ring cut. The split oil seal further comprises...