ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,703, issued on April 22, was assigned to Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership (Plymouth, Mich.).
"Outboard drive axle hub seal with venting" was invented by Keith Clark (Rumney, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radial shaft seal includes an outer cover having a cylindrical portion configured to be received in a bore of a first member and a radial portion extending radially inward from an end of the cylindrical portion. An inner seal element includes a metal case with an inner cylindrical portion configured to be received on a second member and the metal case includes a radial portion extending radially outward from the inner cylin...