ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,772, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PYUNGHWA OIL SEAL INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Composite oil seal having electric corrosion prevention function and method of manufacturing ground path thereof" was invented by Taehyung Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Eunmin Park (Daegu, South Korea) and Jaehyuk Sung (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a composite oil seal having an electric corrosion prevention function. The composite oil seal includes: a seal main body configured to seal an interior of a motor housing in a state of being mounted to a shaft in the motor housing; and a ground path mounted ...