ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,675, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAF-HOLLAND GmbH (Bessenbach, Germany).
"Sealing ring, hub cap system, wheel cap system and vehicle" was invented by Rainer Stegmann (Hosbach, Germany), Muhammet Arpaci (Hosbach, Germany), Andre Katzke (Weibersbrunn, Germany), Elmar Weber (Dulmen, Germany), Simon Schafers (Nidderau-Erbstadt, Germany) and Daniel Muller (Aschaffenburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealing ring includes a retaining region, a primary sealing lip and a secondary sealing lip, wherein the retaining region is formed circumferentially about an axial direction, wherein a radial direction extends radially and pe...