ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,512, issued on March 4, was assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Flexible dust boot for automotive brake cylinder" was invented by Andrea Salvo (Ligurien, Italy) and Libero Magini (Ligurien, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dust boot sealing system for automotive brake cylinders, is arranged for dust protection between a linear actuation member and a housing of the brake cylinder. The boot comprises flexible bellows between two concentrical interface portions, and the both interface portions rest radially outwards from their respective counterpart seats in circumferential grooves on housing...