US Patent Issued to NOK on June 23 for "Sealing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,081, issued on June 23, was assigned to NOK Corp. (Japan).

"Sealing device" was invented by Hiroshi Onodera (Fukushima, Japan) and Takayuki Aihara (Fukushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing device is provided to achieve sealing between an outer-periphery-side member and an inner-periphery-side member that are able to relatively rotate, and includes: an outer seal member to be attached to the outer-periphery-side member; and an inner seal member to be attached to the inner-periphery-side member. The outer seal member includes an annular member that includes an inner tubular portion extending along an axis direction and...