ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,240, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG (Wolfratshausen, Germany).
"Mechanical seal assembly with improved support of axial forces" was invented by Andreas Fesl (Otterfing, Germany), Stephan Rankl (Gilching, Germany) and Florian Bauer (Wackersberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a mechanical seal assembly (1) for sealing between a high-pressure region (8) and a low-pressure region (9) on a rotating component (7), comprising a mechanical seal (2) with a rotating slide ring (3) with a first slide surface (30) and a stationary slide ring (4) with a second slide surface...