ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,038, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ContiTech Deutschland GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Compression limiting coupling pilot for composite seal" was invented by Dean Christie (Royal Oak, Mich.), April Dunham (Royal Oak, Mich.), Juan Espino (Troy, Mich.), Jonathan Messerschmidt (Murrhardt, Germany) and Arthur Kleiber (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling system (100) is disclosed. The system (100) includes an insert (102), an upper part (106) and a flange (104). The insert (102) includes a plurality of pillar devices and has a ring comprised of plastic material. The upper part has a circular shaped opening. The f...