ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,323, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to STABILUS GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Sealing grommet assembly" was invented by Christoph Theis (Hillscheid, Germany), Christian Einig (Brachtendorf, Germany), Kathrin Kronz (Mittelstrimmig, Germany), Axel Knopp (Eitelborn, Germany), Jonathan Kessler (GroBholbach, Germany) and Jan Bochen (Eitelborn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a sealing grommet arrangement comprising a sealing grommet (1) which is designed as a corrugated tube having a constant outer diameter over its length, one end of which grommet projects through an opening (12) in a housing wall (10), and o...