ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,265, issued on April 21, was assigned to NOK Corp. (Japan).
"Seal structure and sealing method" was invented by Atsushi Ikeda (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing device is arranged between a high-pressure space and a low-pressure space next to each other along an axial direction of a rod, and seals a gap between an outer circumferential surface of the rod and an inner circumferential surface of a housing through which the rod can be inserted. The sealing device has an annular member mounted to the housing and a seal member, at which the seal member is mounted to the annular member, projects toward the outer circ...