US Patent Issued to JTEKT EUROPE on March 3 for "Method for attaching a lid to an orifice of a power steering system and such a lid" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,257, issued on March 3, was assigned to JTEKT EUROPE (Irigny, France).

"Method for attaching a lid to an orifice of a power steering system and such a lid" was invented by Arnaud Durillon (Longes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power steering case, including an opening, a lid configured to close the opening of the case, and an O-ring seal disposed in a first annular groove formed in a first inner wall of the lid or of the case, a second inner wall, respectively of the case or of the lid, having a frustoconical shaped portion for progressively compressing the seal before reaching the closed position of the lid where the seal ...