US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS PAMPUS on Jan. 13 for "Sliding component, assembly, and method of forming and using the same" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,249, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS PAMPUS GMBH (Willich, Germany).

"Sliding component, assembly, and method of forming and using the same" was invented by Jan Fluegge (Cologne, Germany) and Andre Gabener (Essen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding component including a sidewall including at least one low stiffness projection capable of elastic deformation, and at least one high stiffness projection capable of plastic deformation, where the low stiffness projection includes a radial face at an innermost or outermost surface adapted to contact a neighboring component."

The patent was...