US Patent Issued to Woodex Bearing on March 18 for "Shaft seal system" (Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,173, issued on March 18, was assigned to Woodex Bearing Co. Inc. (Georgetown, Maine).

"Shaft seal system" was invented by Corey Vincent (West Bath, Maine) and Matthew Potvin (Brunswick, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seal assembly for a rotating shaft of a device. The seal assembly configured to prevent the passage of a fluid along the rotating shaft. The seal assembly including a seal housing surrounding the rotating shaft and a drive ring mounted onto the rotating shaft via a drive collar. The drive collar is configured to be nested within a rotor assembly, and the rotor assembly is disposed within the seal housing. The dr...