ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,351, issued on July 28, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Sealing arrangement and drive unit including a sealing arrangement" was invented by Klaus Eppel (Lauf, Germany) and Matthias Baumann (Lahr, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing arrangement for sealing a first housing part with respect to a second housing part is arranged in an annular groove between the two housing parts. The sealing ring has a cross-section which abuts in a central area as an O-ring on opposite sides on the two housing parts. In addition, the cross-section has at least two sealing ears which extend from the central area of t...