ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,566, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to AKTIEBOLAGET SKF (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Seal with axial air vents" was invented by John Arthur Wilkins (Chicago), Daniel J Levy (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Anand Santosh (Livonia, Mich.) and David Dobbs (Troy, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel end assembly includes a seal for sealing the annular space between an inner member and an outer member, one of which is a static component and the other a rotatable component. The seal includes an annular case having a cylindrical portion engaged with the static component and an annular flange portion extending radially from the cylindrical port...