ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,035, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Reinforcement ring for gasket" was invented by Erich Gernand (Flint, Mich.), Sharanabasappa Madhwarkar (Bengaluru, India) and Harish Kelamane (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal assembly including: a housing with an outer wall; a gasket surrounded by the outer wall; and a reinforcement ring in contact with the gasket. The gasket is between the reinforcement ring and the housing."

The patent was filed on July 10, 2024, under Application No. 18/768,803.

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