Patents Examined by Gilbert Y Lee
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Patent number: 11592128Abstract: A sealing profile for embedding into a moulding of curable material, in particular a concrete or plastic moulding, and to a sealing arrangement comprising such a sealing profile. The object of the present invention is to provide a sealing profile for embedding into a moulding of curable material that can be anchored into the moulding in particular such that displacements of the seal in its seat occur to a significantly lesser extent, if at all, when installing or assembling the mouldings. The object is achieved by a sealing profile (1) with a profile region (2) having a profile region surface (4) which is directed towards the moulding (3) after embedding the sealing profile (1), wherein the profile region (2) has, at least in one subregion (6), a non-woven, felted or random fibre layer (5) which is fixedly connected to the sealing profile (1) and which extend beyond the profile region surface (4).Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: Daetwyler Sealing Technologies Deutschland GmbHInventors: Matthias Klug, Matthias Stender
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Patent number: 11585471Abstract: A seal assembly includes a connector body having an open end configured for receiving a free end of a pipe and an adaptor for securing at the free end of the pipe. The adaptor has a first ring, configured to be mounted around the circumference of the free end of a pipe, and a second ring configured to cooperate with the first ring in order to drive the first ring into engagement with an outer surface of the pipe. A mechanical interlock arrangement is configured for driving the adaptor in the direction of the connector body, when the adaptor is secured at the free end of the pipe. The mechanical interlock arrangement is further configured for preventing or limiting axial movement of the pipe relative to the connector body, when the adaptor is secured to the outer surface of the pipe and when the free end of the pipe is in sealing contact with a metal seal surface of the connector body.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: POULTON TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventor: Rodney Coplestone
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Patent number: 11578825Abstract: A seal assembly is configured for use at PVCO pipe junctions. The seal assembly includes a main seal body made of a monolithic resilient material, such as rubber, and a stiffener. The seal has a stiffener pocket sized and configured to accept the stiffener, such that the stiffener can be assembled to the seal body by hand. This assembly can then be installed into the bell end of a first PVCO pipe, and a spigot end of a second PVCO pipe may then be inserted into the bell end and engaged with a main sealing lobe of the seal assembly. The seal assembly is configured to reliably withstand the insertion process, without damage or degradation to the sealing structures. Once installed, the seal assembly provides a robust fluid-tight seal along all potential leak paths between the seal assembly and the first and second pipes.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Press-Seal CorporationInventors: Peter J. Skinner, Jimmy D. Gamble, Jacob L. B. Morris
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Patent number: 11578803Abstract: An assembly includes a housing, a carrier, a spring element and a seal element. The housing includes a bore and an annular groove that extends axially along a centerline into the housing from the bore. The carrier projects axially along the centerline into the annular groove. The carrier is configured to translate axially along the centerline relative to the housing. The spring element is arranged within the annular groove. The spring element is configured to bias the carrier axially away from the housing along the centerline. The seal element is mounted to the carrier and arranged within the bore.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Masayoshi Sonokawa, Jonathan F. Zimmitti, Nasr A. Shuaib
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Patent number: 11572952Abstract: A shaft sealing arrangement includes a first seal and a second seal, wherein the first seal is designed in the form of a lip seal and the second seal is designed in the form of a mechanical seal. When the shaft is at a standstill, the lip seal performs the sealing action and, when the shaft is rotating, the mechanical seal performs the sealing action.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: Dresser-Rand SASInventor: Olivier Lebigre
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Patent number: 11566660Abstract: Provided are a ball joint and a dust cover that make it possible to suppress contact of a body portion of the dust cover with the vicinity of a flange portion of a ball stud. A dust cover integrally includes: a deformable bellows-shaped body portion made of an elastic body; a fixed portion made of an elastic body and provided on one end side of the body portion; and a sealing portion made of an elastic body and provided on the other end side of the body portion. The sealing portion includes: an inner peripheral sealing portion configured to be slidable on a part of a shank portion on the opposite side of the shank portion from a spherical portion with respect to a flange portion; and a cover portion that continuously covers, in an outer wall surface of the flange portion, a radially outward tip end portion and a part of a portion that decreases in diameter from the tip end portion toward the spherical portion side.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: NOK CORPORATIONInventor: Takuma Hirota
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Patent number: 11549589Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mechanical seal whose axial dimension can be reduced without impairing sealing performance. In a mechanical seal including a rotating-side sealing ring 11; a stationary-side sealing ring 21 provided within a case 22 and sliding on the rotating-side sealing ring 11; a biasing member 24 for biasing the stationary-side sealing ring 21 to the rotating-side sealing ring 11; and an engagement means 25 for restricting the rotational relative movement between the case 22 and the stationary-side sealing ring 21, the biasing member 24 is arranged radially outside the stationary-side sealing ring 21.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Inventors: Tadahiro Kimura, Masatoshi Itadani, Akira Yoshino
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Patent number: 11543029Abstract: A seal arrangement is provided for sealing an exposed edge of a composite laminate part having a fay surface configured to be joined to a structure. The seal arrangement includes a precured edge seal covering the exposed edge and a cover covering the edge seal. A seal bead located within a recess in the fay surface of the part forms a seal between the part and the structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Steven Kuan-Chi Wu, Ian Edward Schroeder, Mark Edmond Shadell, Melissa A. Uhlman, Jesse Randal Wiseman, Tho Ngoc Dang, Richard Bruce Tanner, Melinda Dae Miller, Kristopher William Talcott
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Patent number: 11536368Abstract: Disclosed is a waterproof substrate, including: two mounting surfaces disposed facing away from each other; and at least one waterproof protrusion provided on at least one of the two mounting surfaces and including: a protrusion body connected with the mounting surface, and one end of the protrusion body away from the waterproof substrate includes a connecting end surface; and at least two waterproof ribs, and each of the waterproof ribs is provided on the connecting end surface respectively and is gradually inclined outwardly in a direction away from the connecting end surface respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: UNILUMIN GROUP CO., LTDInventors: Qinglun Li, Kuang Yang, Pinglin Zhao
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Patent number: 11536367Abstract: A seal structure that includes: a grommet with a cylindrical shape that is installed in an attachment panel, the grommet including an opposing surface facing an attachment surface of the attachment panel; and a bracket that presses the opposing surface of the grommet against the attachment surface of the attachment panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hirokazu Nakai, Keigo Matsushima
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Patent number: 11536370Abstract: The present disclosure provides an improved bellows type seal. In the present disclosure, the bellows of the seal dampen resulting in the seal having a longer useful life and can withstand higher loads. The seal includes a damper assembly that includes a spring and a band that are engaged on the exterior of a bellows for dampening vibrations.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power LimitedInventors: Steven Bender, Jeffrey Lavin
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Patent number: 11519282Abstract: A seal includes a ceramic matrix composite ply having woven ceramic-based fibers in a ceramic-based matrix. The ceramic matrix composite ply has at least one bend formed about a bend axis and defines at least one rounded portion. A sealed assembly and a method of making a seal are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventor: Olivier H. Sudre
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Patent number: 11512777Abstract: To provide a piston ring excellent in thermal setting resistance, and also excellent in side surface wear resistance even under such a high-temperature high-pressure environment as to be more than 300° C. and up to 400° C., the base metal of the piston ring is a steel containing, by mass %, C: 0.30 to 0.65%, Si: 0.80 to 1.20%, Mn: 0.20 to 0.60%, Cr: 4.50 to 5.70%, Cu: 0.01 to 0.5%, and at least one of Mo, V, W, and Co: 0.2 to 5.4%.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA RIKENInventors: Takashi Kimura, Yuji Shima
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Patent number: 11499638Abstract: A longitudinal translatable seal includes a first compartment extending in a longitudinal direction; a second compartment extending in the longitudinal direction forming a sealing surface with the first compartment; and a carriage translatable longitudinally with respect to the sealing surface, and a port in the carriage to fluidly connect a first side of the seal with a second side of the seal.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Southwest Research InstituteInventors: Glynn R. Bartlett, Cody E. Bressler
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Patent number: 11499636Abstract: A shaft seal assembly is configured for sealing, for example, a reciprocating axial-movement shaft. The shaft seal assembly includes an annular elastomeric seal body having at least one first sealing surface configured to sealing engage a shaft. A lubricant reservoir body includes a second sealing surface and comprises a polymer matrix having a porous structure containing micro-pores, wherein the micro-pores are filled with lubricating oil.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Inventor: Mark Hinckley
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Patent number: 11492910Abstract: A damper seal for a turbomachine includes an annular body having an inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface separated by a thickness. As such, the inner circumferential surface may define a plurality of cavities arranged into a plurality of circumferential rows and at least one partition positioned between at least two of the plurality of cavities. In addition, the inner circumferential surface may further define at least one plenum arranged between two of the plurality of circumferential rows.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Peeyush Pankaj, Narayanan Payyoor, Richard Schmidt, Bugra Han Ertas
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Patent number: 11493133Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sealing assembly for sealing a space between a first machine element and a second machine element that is movable in relation to the first machine element. The first and second machine elements are arranged concentrically to each other. According to the invention, the sealing assembly is characterized in that it further comprises a conductive element that is used to establish an electrically conductive connection between the first and the second machine elements extending from the first machine element to the second machine element, and is mechanically connected at least in sections to the side of the seal facing away from the space to be sealed. The conductive element consists of an electrically conductive fiber fabric embedded in an elastomer matrix.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Thomas Stöhr, Holger Mildenberger
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Patent number: 11493131Abstract: Seal ring groups to be assembled with edges of through holes of a gasket includes a plurality of sealing groups. One of the plurality of sealing groups has an inner peripheral shape different from an inner peripheral shape of another of the plurality of sealing groups to distinguish one sealing group from another sealing group.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: ISHIKAWA GASKET CO., LTD.Inventor: Yutaka Munekata
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Patent number: 11485172Abstract: A sealing device for a wheel hub unit configured to form a static seal to protect the wheel hub unit from environmental contaminants. The sealing device including a shield that is coupled to a collar of the wheel hub unit. The sealing device having a cylindrical lateral mounting wall pressed into the collar, an annular seat with a blind end formed in the cylindrical lateral wall, and a sealing gasket positioned, inside the seat and compressed radially between the groove and the collar, and formed by a sealing compound to allow the formation of a bead against the cylindrical lateral wall in a transport and/or assembly configuration of the sealing device. The bead being movable into the seat by a scraping action exerted by the collar during the assembly of the shield.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Inventors: Antonia Nastasi, Daniele Duch
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Patent number: 11486496Abstract: A seal for sealing a shaft, the seal including a seal body having an inner member, an outer member, and a connecting member connecting the inner member and the outer member. The seal also includes at least one spoke connected to the seal body. The at least one spoke is configured to stiffen the seal body.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbHInventor: Mark C. Sitko