ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,139, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership (Plymouth, Mich.).
"Contaminant exclusion seal design" was invented by Lloyd Wylie (Cleveland, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive-line seal system includes a housing having a bore therein. A shaft is rotatably received in the bore. A slinger is mounted to the shaft and includes a radially outwardly extending surface. An annular retainer is mounted within the bore in the housing. An annular seal body is molded to the retainer and includes a main seal lip and a dust lip extending from an inner end of the annular retainer. The annular seal body further i...