ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,179, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Radial shaft seal ring" was invented by Christoph Passow (Leichlingen, Germany) and Hans-Dieter Zander (Cologne, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radial shaft seal ring for sealing a space between a shaft and a bore in a housing includes a support body having an axial part, a radial part and a curved connecting part connecting the axial part to the radial part. A seal body is mounted on the support body and has a static seal element configured to seal between the support body and the bore and a dynamic seal element configured to sealingly abut aga...