US Patent Issued to MABUCHI MOTOR on June 10 for "Sliding surface sealing structure, gear box, and motor unit" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,188, issued on June 10, was assigned to MABUCHI MOTOR Co. LTD. (Chiba, Japan).

"Sliding surface sealing structure, gear box, and motor unit" was invented by Kazuyuki Yamamoto (Chiba, Japan) and Takashi Tai (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding surface sealing structure is a structure that seals a sliding surface between a rotating member that rotates about an axis and a sealing member that makes sliding contact with a circumferential surface of the rotating member, and includes: a wall surface configured to hold the sealing member between the wall surface and the circumferential surface of the rotating member; an opp...