ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,224, issued on July 22, was assigned to COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE (DEUTSCHLAND) GMBH (Schelklingen, Germany).

"Sealing arrangement and method for producing same" was invented by Erik Scholl (Weiskirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing arrangement for sealing a closure member against a frame portion. The sealing arrangement comprises a first sealing profile strand, a second sealing profile strand, and a corner sealing portion. The first sealing profile strand is arranged along a first direction and has a first cross-section. The second sealing profile strand is arranged along a second direction transverse to the fir...