Patents by Inventor Ronald J. Krimmer

Ronald J. Krimmer 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: 7055828
    Abstract: A lubricant seal assembly has an outer seal component and a separate inner wear sleeve. The outer seal component has a carrier and a PTFE seal element which lays down against the wear sleeve to provide a seal collar extending to an oil side of the seal assembly. The wear sleeve is formed on an air side of the assembly with an end flange, but is free of any such flanges on the oil side. The end flange has an axial portion extending into the seal component to define a labyrinth debris exclusion path. One or more elastomeric debris exclusion lips are formed on the carrier and are precisely positioned relative to the wear sleeve with the aid of an installation tool that engages end faces of the seal component and wear sleeve to press them into precise axial alignment relative to one another in repeatable fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick R. Hatch, Matthew J. Cibor, David M. Toth, Ronald J. Krimmer