ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,163, issued on May 27, was assigned to Atlas Seals Inc. (Salt Lake City).
"Interlocking rotary union seal" was invented by Thomas P. Zitting (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interlocking rotary union seal has pockets at one or more edges of a dynamic seal ring. An elastomer energizer may deform by compression and under pressure into the pockets creating an interlocking geometry which prevents relative rotation between the elastomer energizer and the dynamic seal ring."
The patent was filed on Feb. 11, 2022, under Application No. 18/546,062.
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