Patents by Inventor Linda Swetz

Linda Swetz 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).

  • Patent number: 5286038
    Abstract: A unitized seal assembly for vehicle wheel hubs and the like. The seal assembly includes a primary seal component and a wear sleeve component. The primary seal component includes an elastomeric seal body with a primary sealing lip contacting a first portion of the wear sleeve component, an intermediate excluder lip facing another portion of the wear sleeve, and an outer, excluder seal portion with a cylindrical contact surface. The wear sleeve component has a casing with providing an interior cylindrical contact surface and an elastomeric exterior excluder lip with a seal band portion facing the cylindrical contact surface portion of the outer excluder seal. The seal body is reinforced by a stiffener that engages one part of the wheel hub and the wear sleeve casing is mounted on the other part of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: SKF USA Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis J. Abraham, Linda Swetz