US Patent Issued to Northern Lights Research on June 9 for "Sealing head and related method" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,597, issued on June 9, was assigned to Northern Lights Research Inc. (Etobicoke, Canada).

"Sealing head and related method" was invented by Sahil Gupta (Brampton, Canada), Anand Prafulchandra Kantesaria (Etobicoke, Canada) and Sirinkumar Patel (Brampton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing head for use in manufacturing a single-use pod, the sealing head comprising: a sealing assembly for securing a lid to a body of the pod, the sealing assembly having a sealing surface for pressing against the lid; and a ram assembly for separating the pod from the sealing assembly, the ram being at least partially movable relative to the ...