US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 30 for "Reinforcement ring for gasket of a single-walled groove" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,177, issued on June 30, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Reinforcement ring for gasket of a single-walled groove" was invented by Erich Gernand (Flint, Mich.), Sharanabasappa Madhwarkar (Bengaluru, India), Harish Kelamane (Troy, Mich.) and Virendra Kumar Dewangan (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal assembly including: a housing including a wall; a gasket surrounded by the wall; and a reinforcement member defining an aperture and extending continuously and entirely around the aperture, the reinforcement member in contact with the gasket and surrounded by the gasket such that the gasket is ...