ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,263, issued on April 21, was assigned to Hoerbiger Wien GmbH (Vienna).
"Packaging ring with diagonal relief opening" was invented by Bernhard Spiegl (Vienna), Andreas Kaufmann (Vienna), Martin Lagler (Vienna), Marian Janko-Grasslober (Vienna) and Matthias Kornfeld (Brunn/Geb., Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to packing rings. In one example embodiment, a packaging ring is disclosed including a first axial ring end, a second axial ring end, at least three ring segments, a radial seal and at least one relief opening. Each of the at least three ring segments having a fir...