ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,443, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SCHWABISCHE HUTTENWERKE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH (Aalen-Wasseralfingen, Germany).
"Bead gasket" was invented by Dominik Baur (Scheer, Germany), Claus Welte (Aulendorf, Germany) and Jochen Frey (Elchigen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bead gasket for sealing off an axial joint between a first component and a second component, the bead gasket including a first bead loop surrounds a first inner region in an axial view and includes a bead end face for an axial contact with one of the components; a passage for fluid which is located in the first inner region, wherein the first bead loop is a small...