US Patent Issued to SmartSeal AS on April 22 for "Sealing unit for a container" (Dutch, Norwegian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,002, issued on April 22, was assigned to SmartSeal AS (Stavanger, Norway).

"Sealing unit for a container" was invented by Jeroen Gerrit Anton Gebbink (Helmond, Netherlands), Rune Kristian Knutsen (Stavanger, Norway) and John Minagawa-Webster (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a sealing unit for sealing a container wall opening. The sealing unit comprises inner and outer housings defining a gas flow passage arranged between an outer surface of the inner housing and an inner surface of the outer housing. The inner housing is movable in axial direction between a first axial position wherein the gas f...