US Patent Issued to Caterpillar on Nov. 4 for "Seal for cylinder liner assembly and method for making the same" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,598, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).

"Seal for cylinder liner assembly and method for making the same" was invented by Gregory O. Potts (Washington, Ill.) and Martina Shubham Nipanikar (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylinder liner seal includes an annular seal body defining a seal center axis, a first seal surface, and a second seal surface positioned opposite to the first seal surface. The first seal surface is contoured to form a first plurality of seal beads extending circumferentially around the seal center axis, and the second seal surface is contoured to form a second plurality ...