ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,229, issued on July 8, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Fuel injector dust seal" was invented by Sebastian Wieschollek (Ann Arbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure is directed to a fuel injector dust seal comprising: a sleeve arranged between a fuel injector and a fuel injector receiving aperture of a cylinder head, the sleeve defining a longitudinal axis with a first axial end and a second axial end; the sleeve further comprising: a first section, the first segment defining a first inner perimeter configured to be in contact with a first outer perimeter of a fuel injector and a first outer ...