ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,902, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Bal Seal Engineering LLC (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).
"Seal assemblies and related methods" was invented by Brandon Grant (Lake Forest, Calif.) and David Wang (Tustin, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal assembly can include a sealing component and a spring energizer located within a seal cavity or spring cavity of the sealing component. The sealing component provides an exterior surface for providing protection of the seal cavity and spring energizer from an external or contaminated environment, such as the atmosphere. The sealing component can have two distinct first and second sealing po...