ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,867, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to LATELEC (Toulouse, France).
"Protective seal" was invented by Cyrille Delame-Quentin (Toutens, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective seal taking the form of a hollow body includes a first wall, a second wall opposite the first wall, and a section between the first wall and the second wall. The first wall has an opening and the second wall has at least one slot. The protective seal is configured so as to pass, when a force is exerted on the second wall, in a direction perpendicular to the second wall, from a rest position to a stressed position. In the rest position, at least one sl...