ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,079, issued on June 23, was assigned to CARL FREUDENBERG KG (Weinheim, Germany).
"Sealing element" was invented by Fabien Perret (Langres, France), Thomas Avril (Saint-Victurnien, France), Kar Lian Chin (Hooksett, N.H.), Herve Di Meo (Saint-Cyr, France) and Robert Lidster (Bedford, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing element for a high-pressure connection, including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to dispose the sealing element in a clearance. A first side of the first portion is disposed so as to be substantially orthogonal to a second side of the second portion. The second portion has...