US Patent Issued to ORION ENGINEERED SEALS on April 22 for "Sealing device for pillow blocks" (Missouri, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,707, issued on April 22, was assigned to ORION ENGINEERED SEALS LLC (Cincinnati).

"Sealing device for pillow blocks" was invented by Randall Jaskot (Dousman, Wis.) and Todd Brickson (St. Charles, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pillow block bearing seal for sealing the shaft opening around the shaft of a pillow block, having a stator assembly, a rotor, and a resilient cylinder sleeve. The stator assembly has a cylindrical base having an axial length that is configured to accept the shaft passing there through, and a stator extending annularly from an axial end of the cylindrical base. The rotor is configured to attach to and rota...