MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617016110 A) filed by Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation, Solon, U.S.A., on Feb. 13, for 'rotary shaft seal.'

Inventor(s) include Boskovski, Mario; Shabbir, Sarah; and Gronitzki, Mirco.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A rotary shaft seal including an annular body having an aperture defining a central axis and an inner surface; a shaft disposed within the aperture of the annular body; and a sealing element positioned at least partially between the shaft and the annular body, where the sealing element is configured to form a seal between the annular body and the shaft, where the sealing element includes a body having a U-shaped or a V-shaped cross-section including a plurality of lips, where at least one lip of the sealing element is fixed to at least one of the shaft or the annular body, and where a cavity exists between at least one of the plurality of lips and at least one of the shaft or the annular body."

The patent application was internationally filed on Aug. 14, 2024, under International application No.PCT/US2024/042295.

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