Patents by Inventor Ioana C. Savin

Ioana C. Savin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20110091143
    Abstract: A seal component (100, 200) having a triple-lip configuration for sealing against a moving surface, such as the inner ring race surface (12, 12?) of a spherical plain bearing (14, 14?). The triple-lip configuration incorporates a pair of outward inclined seal lips (102, 202, 104, 204) for providing protection from external contaminates, and a third inwardly inclined seal lip (106, 206) which is orientated to provide lubricant or grease retention within the sealed bearing (14, 14?). The size and configuration of the third seal lip (106, 206) is selected to minimize surface friction and to avoid seal lip inversion during oscillatory motion of the bearing components during use. A retention surface (110a, 210) is disposed to abut against the outer ring race surface (10b, 10b) to resist roll-out displacement of the seal component (100, 200) during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: THE TIMKEN COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy P. Murphy, Liviu V. Anton, Ioana C. Savin, Richard Borowski, Mark Esposito