US Patent Issued to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF on Oct. 20 for "Seal assembly with a retainer having locking protrusions" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,448, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Seal assembly with a retainer having locking protrusions" was invented by Robert D. Pecak (Naperville, Ill.) and Daniel John Levy (Arlington Heights, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radial lip seal assembly includes an annular seal including annular case coupled with an outer member and an annular elastomeric seal member attached to the case and including a sealing lip. An annular sleeve includes a cylindrical portion disposed about a shaft and has an outer circumferential engagement surface engaged by the sealing lip, a radial flange extending from...