US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS on Jan. 13 for "Seal and method of using and making the same" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,301, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS Corp. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Seal and method of using and making the same" was invented by Mark W. Armitage (Madison, Conn.) and Dallas J. Conway (Clinton, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein are generally directed to an annular seal including: an annular body defining a cross-section down a central axis, the annular body including: a first linear section oriented down a first plane; a first portion contiguous with the first end of the first linear section, the first portion being curved with respect to the first linear section and in ac...