US Patent Issued to LEAR on Jan. 28 for "Housing assembly and method for validating a seal of a housing" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,271, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to LEAR Corp. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Housing assembly and method for validating a seal of a housing" was invented by Jordi Claramunt Blanco (Valls, Spain) and Angel Molinero Benitez (Valls, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing assembly is described that includes a first member, a second member having an opening formed therein, and a gasket interposed between the first and second members. The first and second members are attached, a gap between the attached first and second members is exposed by the opening formed in the second member, and a dimension of the gap is indicative of a conditio...