ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,727, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Self-centering seal and method of using same" was invented by John E. Wilber (Marlborough, Conn.) and Holly Teufel (Salt Lake City).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal includes a seal body disposed about a seal axis and configured to be mounted to a first component at a second axial end of the seal body. The seal body includes an interior surface defining a seal gland circumferentially extending about the seal axis. A packing is disposed within the seal gland. A retaining ring is in communication with a second radial side of the packing and is disposed within the ...