US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security on June 24 for "Seal mechanism for wheel assemblies" (North Carolina, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,612, issued on June 24, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security (Washington).

"Seal mechanism for wheel assemblies" was invented by William E. Weimer (Virginia Beach, Va.), Jason L. Mills (Camden, N.C.), Graham R. Harrison III (Currituck, N.C.), Joshua B. Bowen (Elizabeth City, N.C.) and Samuel Benavides (Edenton, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, a seal for a wheel assembly includes a first disk half and a second disk half. The seal includes a cylindrical body having a hollow interior, a first seal end configured to mate with a first inner dis...