Patents by Inventor Mandy Wilke

Mandy Wilke 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: 11920681
    Abstract: A seal assembly includes a first and second machine element, a seal and a support ring. The support ring has a first side edge facing a high-pressure side which is partially convexly curved, formed obliquely or is partially formed at an acute angle relative to a movement axis of the two machine elements. The seal has a retaining portion and a primary sealing lip extending from the retaining portion on the high-pressure side and abuts in a dynamically sealing manner against a sealing surface of the second machine element. The primary sealing lip directly abuts and is supported over the majority of its longitudinal extent on the first side edge of the support ring on the low-pressure side. The retaining section of the seal is held clamped between the support ring and the first machine element and abuts the first machine element in a statically or indirectly statically sealing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Jordan, Mandy Wilke
  • Publication number: 20240044409
    Abstract: A rotary seal arrangement includes a first machine part being a shaft and a second machine part encompassing the shaft. The first and second machine parts are spaced apart and rotatable relative to one another forming a sealing gap. A seal holding structure is formed on one of the two machine parts. A rotary seal has a foot section and a sealing lip connected via a connecting section. The foot section is arranged on or in the seal holding structure. The sealing lip rests sealingly on a sealing surface of the respective other machine part to seal an oil side from an outside of the rotary seal arrangement. On the oil side there is a foam ring with a base body and with a holding section which surrounds the first machine part and which is held on the foot section of the rotary seal via the holding section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Mandy Wilke, Holger Jordan, Tobias Corneli
  • Patent number: 11698135
    Abstract: A seal arrangement includes a first and a second machine part which are arranged spaced apart from one another with the formation of a sealing gap and can be moved relative to one another about a movement axis. A seal element with a base section is arranged on or in a seal holding structure of one of the two machine parts. A sealing head bears in a dynamically sealing manner by way of a sealing section against a sealing surface of the respective other machine part in order to seal a high-pressure side from a low-pressure side. The seal element on the high-pressure side has at least one flow element, wherein during relative movement of the two machine parts fluid on the high-pressure side in the area of the sealing section of flows onto the sealing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Mandy Wilke, Holger Jordan
  • Patent number: 11512778
    Abstract: A rotary seal seals a high-pressure region from a low-pressure region and has an assembly sleeve made of a rubber elastic material and at least one pressure-activatable rotary seal element with a seal edge. When a specified differential pressure value is exceeded, the seal edge of the rotary seal element rests sealingly against the seal surface of a machine part, thereby directly displacing a support element elastically supported on the rubber elastic assembly sleeve. When the specified differential pressure value is undershot, the support element is moved rearwards axially in the direction of the high-pressure region such that the seal edge of the rotary seal element is moved backwards into the seal edge rest position in which the rotary seal element lies against the seal surface without contact surface pressure or substantially without contact surface pressure or is arranged at a distance from the seal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Jordan, Mandy Wilke
  • Patent number: 11131384
    Abstract: A seal arrangement includes a first and a second machine part able to move relative to each other about a movement axis and forming a sealing gap. A seal element has a base section retained on a seal retaining groove structure of one of the two machine parts, and has a sealing head that bears with a sealing section in a dynamically sealing manner against a sealing face of the respective other machine part sealing a high-pressure side, that can be charged with pressurized fluid, of the sealing gap with respect to a low-pressure side of the sealing gap. The sealing head and the base section are connected by an elastically deformable connection section of the seal element, which has a non-linear cross-sectional profile and multiple regions of weakened material arranged spaced apart from one another in sequence, preferably regularly, in the circumferential direction of the seal element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Jordan, Mandy Wilke
  • Patent number: 11118682
    Abstract: A seal arrangement includes first and second machine parts rotationally movable and forming a sealing gap. A radial shaft seal ring seals a high pressure side against a low pressure side. A base section held on a sealing holding structure of the first machine part has a sealing head contacting the sealing surface of the second machine part. The sealing surface has a high and low pressure first sealing surface sections. The first sealing surface section extends away from the sealing holding structure forming an acute angle. The sealing head contacts the first sealing section when an operating pressure is applied to the high pressure side, said operating pressure being smaller than a specified limit operating pressure value. The second sealing surface section forms an axial stop for the sealing head when an operating pressure is applied to the high pressure side being at least the limit operating pressure value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Holger Jordan, Mandy Wilke
  • Publication number: 20190390774
    Abstract: A seal assembly includes a first and second machine element, a seal and a support ring. The support ring has a first side edge facing a high-pressure side which is partially convexly curved, formed obliquely or is partially formed at an acute angle relative to a movement axis of the two machine elements. The seal has a retaining portion and a primary sealing lip extending from the retaining portion on the high-pressure side and abuts in a dynamically sealing manner against a sealing surface of the second machine element. The primary sealing lip directly abuts and is supported over the majority of its longitudinal extent on the first side edge of the support ring on the low-pressure side. The retaining section of the seal is held clamped between the support ring and the first machine element and abuts the first machine element in a statically or indirectly statically sealing manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Holger Jordan, Mandy Wilke
  • Publication number: 20190383394
    Abstract: A seal arrangement includes first and second machine parts rotationally movable and forming a sealing gap. A radial shaft seal ring seals a high pressure side against a low pressure side. A base section held on a sealing holding structure of the first machine part has a sealing head contacting the sealing surface of the second machine part. The sealing surface has a high and low pressure first sealing surface sections. The first sealing surface section extends away from the sealing holding structure forming an acute angle. The sealing head contacts the first sealing section when an operating pressure is applied to the high pressure side, said operating pressure being smaller than a specified limit operating pressure value. The second sealing surface section forms an axial stop for the sealing head when an operating pressure is applied to the high pressure side being at least the limit operating pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Holger Jordan, Mandy Wilke
  • Publication number: 20190360595
    Abstract: A seal arrangement includes a first and a second machine part which are arranged spaced apart from one another with the formation of a sealing gap and can be moved relative to one another about a movement axis. A seal element with a base section is arranged on or in a seal holding structure of one of the two machine parts. A sealing head bears in a dynamically sealing manner by way of a sealing section against a sealing surface of the respective other machine part in order to seal a high-pressure side from a low-pressure side. The seal element on the high-pressure side has at least one flow element, wherein during relative movement of the two machine parts fluid on the high-pressure side in the area of the sealing section of flows onto the sealing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Mandy Wilke, Holger Jordan
  • Publication number: 20190346044
    Abstract: A seal arrangement includes a first and a second machine part able to move relative to each other about a movement axis and forming a sealing gap. A seal element has a base section retained on a seal retaining groove structure of one of the two machine parts, and has a sealing head that bears with a sealing section in a dynamically sealing manner against a sealing face of the respective other machine part sealing a high-pressure side, that can be charged with pressurized fluid, of the sealing gap with respect to a low-pressure side of the sealing gap. The sealing head and the base section are connected by an elastically deformable connection section of the seal element, which has a non-linear cross-sectional profile and multiple regions of weakened material arranged spaced apart from one another in sequence, preferably regularly, in the circumferential direction of the seal element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Holger Jordan, Mandy Wilke
  • Publication number: 20190093771
    Abstract: A rotary seal seals a high-pressure region from a low-pressure region and has an assembly sleeve made of a rubber elastic material and at least one pressure-activatable rotary seal element with a seal edge. When a specified differential pressure value is exceeded, the seal edge of the rotary seal element rests sealingly against the seal surface of a machine part, thereby directly displacing a support element elastically supported on the rubber elastic assembly sleeve. When the specified differential pressure value is undershot, the support element is moved rearwards axially in the direction of the high-pressure region such that the seal edge of the rotary seal element is moved backwards into the seal edge rest position in which the rotary seal element lies against the seal surface without contact surface pressure or substantially without contact surface pressure or is arranged at a distance from the seal surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Holger Jordan, Mandy Wilke