ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,557, issued on March 24, was assigned to FLOWSERVE KSM Co. LTD. (Gimpo-si, South Korea).
"Sealing member and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Yun Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Joo Hwan Kim (Incheon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a sealing member which includes a substrate including silicon carbide; and a plurality of cylindrical or polygonal columnar graphites dispersed in the substrate, and a method for manufacturing the same."
The patent was filed on June 30, 2021, under Application No. 17/922,117.
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