ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,381, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to RB Distribution Inc. (Colmar, Pa.).
"Constant velocity joint boot with a split seal" was invented by Ricardo Llorente Ruiz (Perkasie, Pa.), Daniel E. Theobold (Center Valley, Pa.), Jason M. Fetchko (Hazleton, Pa.) and John Iden (Perkasie, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A boot assembly for a constant velocity joint. The boot has mating segments to encase the CV joint housing. A split seal is configured to open and pass over the CV joint housing and mate with the CV joint housing without dissembling the related drive components. The interior of the seal is configured for use with circular and...