ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,761, issued on May 12, was assigned to BC TAECHANG INDUSTRIAL CORP. (South Korea).

"Seal for high pressure water jets" was invented by Do Hyoung Kim (Gimhae-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is a seal for a pressurized water jet apparatus which includes a housing, a connector through which pressurized water is introduced, a rotary body exposed in a direction in which the pressurized water inside the housing is discharged, a rotary support for supporting the rotary body, a nozzle connected to an end of the rotary body, a shaft, a bushing, and a seal coupled to the outer circumferential surface of the shaft and hav...