MUMBAI, India, Aug. 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517049804 A) filed by Nok Corporation, Tokyo, on May 23, for 'sealing device.'

Inventor(s) include Tanaka, Kazuki.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 1, under issue no. 31/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a sealing device with which it is possible to prevent a garter spring from coming out of an annular groove. The sealing device 10 is characterized by having a preventing part that prevents a garter spring 300, which deforms when the sealing device 10 is attached to a shaft 20, from protruding from an annular groove 221, the preventing part having, on a lip-distal-end side ...