ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,033, issued on April 29, was assigned to Nippon Pillar Packing Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Seal member" was invented by Atsushi Nakano (Osaka, Japan), Go Nakai (Osaka, Japan) and Kazukiyo Teshima (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gasket 4 includes: a cylindrical body portion 10 having a communication hole 10a for providing communication between flow passage holes 2c, 2c formed in two fluid devices 2, 2, respectively; and an annular primary sealing portion 11 projecting from a radially inner side of an axially outer end portion of the body portion 10 toward an axially outer side and to be press-fitted into an annular primary...