US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS on June 24 for "Energizing element and methods of making and using the same" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,897, issued on June 24, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS Corp. (Solon, Ohio).

"Energizing element and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Gino L. Stevenheydens (Willebroek, Belgium), Peter Aerts (Ruisbroek, Belgium), Shabarish Nunna (Antwerp, Belgium) and Herman M. Dubois (Duffel, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energizing element including: an energizing element body including an annular filament oriented about a central axis, the annular filament including a plurality of oscillations generally directed down the central axis, where at least one oscillation includes an internal circumferen...