ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,838, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to DNA Specialty (Compton, Calif.).
"Self-sealing automotive spoke wheel nipple" was invented by Gerald Lehman (Compton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-sealing automotive spoke wheel nipple includes a spoke nipple and an elastic gasket. The spoke nipple that mounts the spoke into the rim includes a rotational axis, a head, a shank, and a spoke-engaging opening. The head, the shank, and the spoke-engaging opening are concentrically positioned along the rotational axis. The head is adjacently connected to the shank. The spoke-engaging opening traverses into the shank, opposite of the hea...