ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,018, issued on March 17, was assigned to NOK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Steering dust seal and sealing device" was invented by Atsushi Suzuki (Fukushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a steering dust seal which seals a gap between a shaft hole of a column hole provided in a dashboard and a steering shaft. The steering dust seal includes an annular mounting portion attached to an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole, an annular bumper facing the steering shaft in a non-contact state, a bellows connecting the mounting portion and the bumper, and a seal lip extending from the bumper to contact with the steerin...