ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,397, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to NOK Corp. (Japan).
"Sealing device for hub bearing" was invented by Kenichi Tamura (Fukushima, Japan) and Kazuki Hirota (Fukushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hub seal seals a gap between an outer race member and an inner race member of a hub bearing. The hub seal includes: an annular base; and a seal member attached to the base and including an annular elastic material. The seal member includes a side lip extending toward an outer side and an intermediate lip extending toward the outer side on an inner periphery side relative to the side lip. A sliding surface of the side lip that ...