ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,455, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TI AUTOMOTIVE (FULDABRUECK) GMBH (Fauldabrueck, Germany).
"Coupling bushing with smooth-running seal" was invented by Kay Bube (Schenklengsfeld, Germany), Iris Barthel (Schauenburg, Germany), Andre Haeckel (Waldeck, Germany), Harald Knobloch (Heidelberg, Germany), Michael Roeder (Zierenberg, Germany) and Reiner Rohde (Malsfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling bushing including a bushing body having a sealing groove with a groove base and an inner groove wall as well as an outer groove wall. The inner groove wall and/or the outer groove wall here have at least one point, whose ...