US Patent Issued to EagleBurgmann Germany on Nov. 25 for "Mechanical seal assembly comprising a torque meter, and method therefor" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,581, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG (Wolfratshausen, Germany).

"Mechanical seal assembly comprising a torque meter, and method therefor" was invented by Florian Dotzer (Berg, Germany), Andreas Fesl (Otterfing, Germany) and Dieter Klusch (Penzberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a mechanical seal assembly, comprising a mechanical seal (2) having a rotating slide ring (3) and a stationary slide ring (4) which define a sealing gap (5) between their sliding surfaces (3a, 4a), and a torque meter (6) which is configured to detect a torque acting on the stationary slid...