Patents Examined by Gilbert Lee
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Patent number: 10094231Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a turbomachine that includes a first component and a second component coupled to another and a seal assembly between the two components. The seal assembly may include a first intersegment seal, a second intersegment seal, and a rope seal that are configured to block a flow of gas between the two components.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Bodhayan Dev, Neelesh Nandkumar Sarawate, Jason Edward Albert, Christopher Edward Wolfe
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Patent number: 10094232Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a seal comprising: a shoe, and at least one beam coupled to the shoe, wherein the seal includes a single crystal material with a predetermined crystalline orientation. Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a method for designing a seal, comprising: obtaining a requirement associated with at least one of: a geometrical profile of the seal, a temperature range over which the seal is to operate, a natural frequency associated with the seal, or a range of deflection associated with the seal, selecting a crystalline orientation for a single crystal material of the seal based on the requirement, and fabricating the seal based on the selected crystalline orientation.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2015Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Michael G. McCaffrey, Eric A. Hudson
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Patent number: 9958096Abstract: A boot assembly that reliably seals the secondary containment area utilizing a split boot device that can be installed without disconnecting the primary piping is disclosed. The seal includes first and second containment housings, each supporting a pair of partial ring shaped seals. The containment housings can be positioned about the primary and secondary pipes from opposing sides thereof so that disconnection of the primary pipe is not required to secure the seal in place.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Franklin Fueling Systems, LLCInventors: Chris Lucey, Bill Nelson, Lorraine Sabo, Larry Wickersham
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Patent number: 9938730Abstract: Sealing element for a waterproof sealing of junctions at structural elements of a building, the sealing element comprising a sealing tape (1) having a waterproof surface and a fabric layer (2) to which a sealing compound can adhere and which is fixed to the sealing tape (1) in a manner so that a portion of the fabric layer (2) projects outwardly from an outer edge (11) of the sealing tape (1), wherein the fabric layer (2) comprises a tear line portion (22; 221, 222) to allow for separating the outwardly projecting portion of the fabric layer (21) by tearing away the outwardly projecting portion of the fabric layer (21).Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Knauf Gips KGInventor: Sven Zinssler
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Patent number: 9879780Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a sliding seal between two components. The sliding seal includes a carrier having one or more cavities formed therein. The one or more carriers may contain wave springs and/or compliant seals therein. Various embodiments provide loading of the seal in both the axial and radial directions, regardless of whether a pressure differential exists across the seal, by means of springs and/or ramped surfaces. Other combinations of carrier, wave springs, and compliant seals are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Mark J. Rogers, Timothy M. Davis
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Patent number: 9851009Abstract: In a gasket which is installed to an installation groove provided in one member of two members facing to each other and comes into close contact with the other member, and has a seal projection coming into contact with a groove side surface of the installation groove, and provided over a whole periphery of the gasket in a side surface of the gasket, a concavity is provided in a part on a circumference of the gasket in the side surface of the gasket, for venting air when the gasket is installed to the installation groove. The concavity is formed into a shape having a predetermined curvature in a longitudinal direction of the gasket. The gasket can prevent the pressing resistance at a time of installing the gasket from being enlarged, and prevent the gasket from floating up from the installation groove due to the spring back of the sealed air.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: NOK CorporationInventor: Nan Yu
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Patent number: 9850769Abstract: A hula seal as disclosed extends in a circumferential direction, a radial direction and an axial direction relative to a central axis.The hula seal includes a first leaf extending from the first edge region to the second edge region and a second leaf extending from the first edge region to the second edge region. The first leaf is the same distance as the second leaf from the central axis in the radial direction, and is adjacent to and overlaps the second leaf in the circumferential direction, when installed in a gas turbine. The first leaf is attached to the second leaf such that the first leaf can move relative to the second leaf in the circumferential direction when installed in a gas turbine.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AGInventors: Harald Steiner, Yulia Smirnova
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Patent number: 9845884Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a brush seal comprising: a bristle pack that includes: a first plurality of bristles, each of the first plurality of bristles having a first dimension, and a second plurality of bristles, each of the second plurality of bristles having a second dimension that is different from the first dimension, where a ratio of the first dimension to the second dimension has a range of 2:1 to 5:1.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Paul M. Lutjen, Jose R. Paulino
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Patent number: 9829043Abstract: By randomly arranging dimples provided on a sealing face, a sliding characteristic is improved in a wide range of a bearing characteristic number on the sealing face. A pair of sliding parts in which a plurality of dimples is arranged on at least one of sealing faces that relatively slide on each other is characterized in that each of the plurality of dimples is provided independently from the other dimples, and arranged in such a manner that the plurality of dimples having different opening diameters is randomly distributed.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki Inoue, Yuta Negishi, Takeshi Hosoe, Yuuichiro Tokunaga
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Patent number: 9829107Abstract: An oil sealing device for preventing a leakage of an oil of a bearing which supports a rotary shaft of a rotating machine has a brush member having a plurality of bristles in contact with the rotary shaft, and an actuator configured to move the brush member in a length direction of the rotary shaft, wherein a sloped surface having different heights along a length direction of the rotary shaft is formed at the rotary shaft, and wherein when the bristles are worn, the actuator moves the brush member in a length direction of the rotary shaft so that the bristles comes into contact with the sloped surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: Yong Bok Lee, Eo Jin Kim, Jeon Kook Lee
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Patent number: 9822658Abstract: A seal arrangement for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a component including a body having a cold side surface adjacent to a mate face, and a seal member including a leading edge region and a trailing edge region spaced by sidewalls. The seal member defines one or more grooves. The one or more grooves abut the cold side surface to define one or more cooling passages, with at least one of the one or more cooling passages having a flared inlet defined by a corresponding one of the one or more grooves.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventor: Scott D. Lewis
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Patent number: 9822883Abstract: A load ring for a seal assembly includes an inner axial surface, an outer axial surface, a first frustoconical surface, a second frustoconical surface, and a rib. The inner and outer axial surfaces are cylindrical and extend along a longitudinal axis. The outer axial surface is in outward radial relationship to the inner axial surface along a radial plane which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The first and second frustoconical surfaces are annular and extend radially between the inner axial surface and the outer axial surface. The second frustoconical surface is in spaced relationship with respect to the first frustoconical surface along the longitudinal axis. The rib projects radially inwardly from the inner axial surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Darren B. Antoine, Sunil I. Mathew, Pradeep Chapagain, Brian S. Skauge
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Patent number: 9822880Abstract: A seal for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a motor vehicle. The seal includes a first sealing portion, a second sealing portion, and a hinge disposed intermediate the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion. The seal is configurable in an unfolded position, wherein the first sealing portion, second sealing portion, and hinge are substantially aligned, and a folded position, wherein the second sealing portion overlaps the first sealing portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2014Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventor: Michael Herbert Sproule
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Patent number: 9816613Abstract: A sliding element, such as a piston ring, including a substrate, base coating, and relatively thin sliding coating is provided. The base coating is typically applied to a running surface of the substrate by PVD, CVD, galvanic deposition, electrodeposition, or a thermal spray process. The sliding coating includes a polymer matrix and hard particles disposed throughout the matrix. The sliding coating is applied to the base coating when the base coating is still in its as-applied condition and has a surface roughness of at least 4.0 ?m. During use of the sliding element, the thin sliding coating acts as a sacrificial run-in layer. In addition, as the polymer matrix of the sliding coating wears away, the hard particles polish the rough surface of the base coating. Thus, polishing or lapping of the as-applied base coating prior to use of the sliding element is not required.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Federal-Mogul LLCInventors: Troy Kantola, James R. Toth, Robert R. Aharonov
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Patent number: 9819170Abstract: A seal assembly/adaptor for sealing a weather protection boot to an irregular shaped interface port such as a port having externally facing threads. The seal assembly/adaptor includes a seal subassembly comprising a compliant ring having plurality of arcuate segments defining an opening for accepting the interface port. Further, the seal assembly/adaptor includes at least one retainer operative to retain the seal subassembly such that, upon assembly, an axial force imparted by a connector coupling device effects radial deformation of at least one of the flexible segments into the irregular surface of the interface port to effect a seal between the irregular surface and the retainer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, LLCInventor: Christopher P. Natoli
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Patent number: 9816645Abstract: An annular gasket intended to provide a tight assembly between a first and second pipe after crimping, including an axis of revolution, whereof a section parallel to said axis is a curve formed by a series of an odd number of circle segments Ci connected by apices Si forming a regular polygon, i varying from 1 to 2*n+1, n being a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, the apex Si being the center of the circle passing through the apices Si+n and Si+n+1 modulo 2*n+1. Such a curve is said to have a constant width. The apices Si advantageously form a polygon.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: LE JOINT FRANCAIS SNCInventor: Ludovic Duval-Arnould
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Patent number: 9816388Abstract: A seal in a gas turbine engine includes a shim base and a honeycomb structure having a number of cavities are formed as a single unitary structure using additive manufacturing.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kevin Richard Kirtley, Ibrahim Sezer, Benjamin P. Lacy
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Patent number: 9810298Abstract: A rotary seal comprising: a shaft with a chromium oxide coating provided at a seal contact area; wherein said coating has a hardness of at least 55 Rockwell-C. The coating may have a surface roughness parameter (Ra) of between 0.2 and 0.4 circular. The coating may have a thickness of at least 0.1 mm. The coating layer forms part of a rotary seal with a flexible seal element that is biased into contact with the surface of the coating. The flexible seal element may be biased against the shaft by a spring to increase the pressure of the flexible seal element against the coating. The coating is preferably deposited by a plasma spray process.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: MICROTECNICA S.R.L.Inventor: Marco Gianfranceschi
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Patent number: 9810095Abstract: A sealing device for a turbine engine bearing oil enclosure including a rotor shaft; an annular cover secured to an engine casing and arranged around the rotor shaft to co-operate therewith to define an oil enclosure that is to receive a bearing rotatably supporting the rotor shaft relative to the engine casing; a labyrinth seal mounted on the rotor shaft facing one end of the cover; an annular rim mounted inside the cover; a dynamic annular gasket interposed radially between the rim and the rotor shaft; and a clip for axially blocking the rim inside the cover and including at least one latch passing radially through the rim and being received radially inside a groove formed in the cover, is provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: SNECMAInventors: Serge Rene Morreale, Dominik Igel
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Patent number: 9810323Abstract: A piston ring may include a metallic base, an outer slide layer and an intermediate layer disposed between the base and the outer slide layer. The base may extend between at least two end regions. The outer slide layer and the intermediate layer may be disposed on an outer radial face of each end region of the base.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignees: Mahle International GmbH, Mahle Metal Leve S/AInventors: Paulo Jose Da Rocha Mordente, Paulo R. Vieira De Morais, Jose V. Lima Sarabanda