ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,834, issued on April 7, was assigned to KYB Corp. (Tokyo).
"Sealing device and damper for hydraulic equipment" was invented by Masaki Koyama (Tokyo), Norihiro Asano (Tokyo) and Takeshi Yasui (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing device for hydraulic equipment according to the invention includes an outer member having an annular shape, an inner member inserted into the outer member, and a seal ring housed in an annular groove disposed in the outer circumference of the inner member and abutting on the outer member to prevent a liquid from passing through a gap between the outer member and the inner member. The annular groove ...