ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,192, issued on June 10, was assigned to NOK Corp. (Japan).
"Gasket" was invented by Kazuya Aihara (Nihonmatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gasket is provided to reduce a reaction force in an attached state and suppress deterioration of sealing performance due to a corrosive foreign matter such as salty water and a snow melting agent. A gasket includes a metal base plate made of metal, and a covering layer formed of an elastic body that covers at least a part of the metal base plate. The metal base plate includes a pair of an upper face and a lower face that are back-to-back to each other, a bead portion protruding toward a...