ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,473, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership (Plymouth, Mich.).
"Non-round plug and seal with radial offset capabilities" was invented by Eduardo Hernandez-Vazquez (Fishers, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal for connecting between oval cross-section pipe sections includes an oval shaped tubular insert having two flat wall sections connected to one another by two end curved sections. The oval-shaped tubular insert has a pair of ends with a passage extending through the pair of ends. An elastomeric over-mold is provided on an exterior of the oval-shaped tubular insert. The elastomeric over-mold i...