ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,445, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CARL FREUDENBERG KG (Weinheim, Germany).
"Sealing element" was invented by Thomas Avril (Saint-Victunien, France) and Herve Di Meo (Saint-Cyr, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing element for introduction into a cutout with a lubricant or without a lubricant, where the sealing element has a longitudinal extent direction. A sealing cross section of the sealing element is arranged substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal extent direction, where the sealing cross section includes a stabilizing surface. The stabilizing surface is configured to retain the sealing element in the cutout...