ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,474, issued on May 5, was assigned to DEUBLIN COMPANY LLC (Waukegan, Ill.).
"Swivel seal assembly and alignment method" was invented by Paul M. Masini (Mount Prospect, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swivel seal assembly includes a first alignment fixture mountable to an adapter flange and having an alignment cylinder; a second alignment fixture mountable to a rotating lower nut and having an alignment cylinder, where in the first alignment cylinder is inserted into the second alignment cylinder in a sliding fit; the adapter flange having a locating fixture to concentrically align a non-rotating upper nut with the adapter flange,...