US Patent Issued to Vibracoustic on Jan. 27 for "Retaining ring, arrangement and method for installing the retaining ring" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,917, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Vibracoustic SE (Weinheim, Germany).

"Retaining ring, arrangement and method for installing the retaining ring" was invented by Michael Morrison (Winsen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a retaining ring for securing a component. The retaining ring includes a ring segment having an outer circumference for fixing the retaining ring in the axial direction, a recess extending along a circumferential direction of the ring segment, and a closure element for closing off the recess. In embodiments, the ring segment forms a contact surface to fix the component in the axia...