ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,300, issued on March 4, was assigned to Henniges Automotive Sealing Systems North America Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Below belt seal assembly, associated window sealing system, and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Thomas Groters (Waterford, Mich.), Steven Johnson (Seymour, Tenn.), Robert B. Krueger (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Matt Thomson (Reidsville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A below belt seal assembly for use in a window seal assembly includes an extruded strip of material extending in length between strip ends and having a base and first and second sides extending the base with each side having an engagement a...