ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,848, issued on April 7, was assigned to HAARSLEV INDUSTRIES A/S (Sonderso, Denmark).

"Solid plate and stuffing box comprising the solid plate" was invented by Kare Beck Vegeberg (Odense, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a stuffing box assembly comprising a stuffing box and a solid plate, the solid plate may be placed at the shaft introducing end of the stuffing box, between the stuffing box and a surface, when the stuffing box assembly is mounted on to the surface, the solid plate may be on a first side provided with a pressure plate flange and on a second side be provided with a counter pressur...