ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,190, issued on April 29, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).
"Asymmetric shaft seal" was invented by Steven G. Hall (Lebanon, Ohio), Joseph Thomas Mozloom Jr. (Cincinnati), Christopher W. Birri (West Chester, Ohio), Daniel J. Prenger (Loveland, Ohio) and Ryan Alan Klenke (St. Henry, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integral seal system includes a body that defines a central opening, and an asymmetric seal extending into the central opening and including a diaphragm and an annular flange that extends between the body and the diaphragm, wherein the diaphragm has a cross-sectional thickness larger than a cr...