ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,553, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Sealing device and rotating machine" was invented by Azumi Yoshida (Tokyo), Ryuji Iwamoto (Tokyo), Hideo Yamamoto (Tokyo), Masaya Kawano (Tokyo), Shin Nishimoto (Tokyo), Tatsuro Furusho (Tokyo), Shintaro Okumura (Tokyo), Kenichi Sakashita (Tokyo), Tsutomu Ogino (Tokyo) and Seemin Daryl Soh (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This sealing device comprises: a sealing member provided between a rotating part and a stationary part of a rotating machine in a radial direction of the rotating machine; a holding member for supporting the sealing member movably ...