Frictionally Engaged Or Interfitting Projection And Recess Patents (Class 277/397)
  • Patent number: 11815182
    Abstract: A mechanical seal includes a pair of seal rings that rotate relative to each other; and a retainer that holds the seal ring. The retainer includes an annular base portion, an annular holding portion that is externally fitted to an outer periphery of the seal ring, and an annular connection portion that connects the base portion and the annular holding portion in an axial direction, and an annular space partially surrounded by the base portion, the annular connection portion, and the annular holding portion is formed between the outer periphery of the seal ring and an inner periphery of the retainer. The retainer has a plurality of beams which are disposed in the annular space to connect the annular base portion and the annular holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Masakazu Kito
  • Patent number: 11021982
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a shaft according to an example of the present disclosure includes a shaft and a sealing assembly. The sealing assembly includes a seal cartridge that has at least one sealing element. The first and second mating rings are configured to axially locate the seal cartridge with respect to the shaft. The second mating ring includes at least one tang that is configured to extend through at least one corresponding slot in the shaft, the at least one tang is configured to engage a retaining ring to axially retain the second mating ring on the shaft. A gearbox/accessory interface assembly and a method of sealing a gearbox with respect to an accessory are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Blewett, Yiwei Jiang
  • Patent number: 11022180
    Abstract: The claimed invention concerns a holding device for application of a sealing member (21) on a shaft (23). The holding device (22) includes a connecting mechanism (26, 27) adapted to connect the sealing member (21) on the shaft (23). The connecting mechanism includes an annular body (24) that comprises an inner surface (24a) which, in an axial direction, is arranged at gradually decreasing radial distance from the shaft (23). The connecting mechanism comprises at least a clamping element (26) arranged in a space between the inner surface (24a) of the annular body and the shaft (23), and a displacement mechanism (27) adapted to displace the clamping member in said axial direction relative to the annular body (24) to a position in which the inner surface (24a) of the annular body presses the clamping element to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Velcora Holding AB
    Inventors: Rifet Mehmedovic, Henrik Nedlich, Pedram Azadrad
  • Patent number: 10584794
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanical seal arrangement, comprising a rotating slide ring (2) and an stationary slide ring (3), which delimit a sealing gap (4) in between them, wherein the rotating slide ring (2) has a radially inward facing ledge (20) with a contact surface (21), a bellows element (10) for refitting the rotating slide ring (2) in an axial direction (X-X) of the mechanical seal arrangement, and a release protection device (5) for the rotating slide ring (2), wherein the release protection device (5) comprises an inner sleeve (6) with a radially outward facing web (60) that restricts a movement of the rotating slide ring (2) in the axial direction (X-X), and wherein the rotating slide ring (2) is arranged on the inner sleeve (6) so as to be freely movable in the axial direction (X-X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Pehl, Joachim Skrzidlo, Berthold Schulten
  • Patent number: 9909668
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanical seal arrangement comprising a rotating slide ring (2) and a stationary slide ring (3) which define a sealing gap (4) between them, a holding ring (5) for holding the stationary slide ring (3), and a housing (6), a clamp connection (7) being provided between the housing (6) and the holding ring (5) by way of at least one clamp component (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernhard Jenisch, Joseph Fichtner, Peter Droscher, Josef Gerg
  • Patent number: 9890516
    Abstract: The revolving device for a work vehicle is such that a support ring is disposed on the second pinion shaft at a position between an output pinion and a second bearing component, and comes into contact with the second bearing component and the output pinion to support the output pinion above the second bearing component. A seal member has a mounting component that is disposed on the outer peripheral face of the support ring, and a lip component that is formed protruding outward in the radial direction from the mounting component and seals the upper side of the second bearing component. The support ring has a protrusion protruding outward in the radial direction from the lower end of the support ring. The mounting component is disposed higher than the protrusion, and the lip component protrudes further outside than the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventor: Shunji Doi
  • Patent number: 9869391
    Abstract: A carbon seal assembly includes a carbon seal element disposed about a central axis and that extends between a first end and a second end. The carbon seal element includes an inner step surface at an axial distance H1 with regard to the first end. An o-ring is adjacent to the inner step surface. The o-ring includes a cross-section diameter D2 such that a ratio H1/D2 is between 1.60-1.73.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Paul T. Litis, David J. Avery, Gregory P. Smith, John R. Gunn, David L. Kurtz, IV, Kevin Brut
  • Patent number: 9534692
    Abstract: A rotary seal (10) for a fluid handling machine comprising first circular body (12) with circumferential surface (28) and second circular body (16) with similar surface (27), such that the bodies when coaxially assembled, the circumferential surface (28) and similar surface (27) mate with each other forming a sealing surface contact. An internal end face (33) of rotary seal (10) is exposed to fluids with an inclination, such that the fluid pressure on internal end face (33) adds to contact force at sealing contact surface. The first circular body (12) is continuous and second circular body (16) with a split (17) has a spring characteristic such that two ends formed by the split (17), force away from each other, hence exerting a radial force on circumferential surface when assembled with first circular body (12) and compensating for circumferential wear during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Inventor: Das Ajee Kamath
  • Patent number: 9397547
    Abstract: A submersible well pump motor has features to prevent the carrier bearing from sliding axially along the stator due to thermal growth of the rotor. The rotor has a shaft and rotor sections spaced apart from each other. Carrier bearings are located between the rotor sections, each having an anti-rotation member that frictionally engages the inner diameter of the stator to prevent spinning of the carrier bearing. A deflectable thrust washer may be located between ends of the carrier bearing and the rotor sections. The thrust washer reduces in thickness in response to an axial thermal growth force due to axial thermal growth movement of the rotor sections and shaft. The thermal growth force is less than an amount of dislodging force required to cause the anti-rotation member to axially move relative to the stator. Rather than deflectable thrust washers, sacrificial thrust washers that dissolve prior to normal operation may be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: David H. Neuroth, Van J. McVicker, Sean A. Cain, Jim F. Evenson, Larry J. Parmeter, Chad A. Craig
  • Patent number: 9249885
    Abstract: Mechanical seals, seal assemblies and pumps are disclosed. A mechanical seal includes a sealing member and a mount that forms part of a mounting assembly to mount the sealing member to a support structure of the seal. In an embodiment, the mount forms part of a seal assembly and is an elastomeric ring bonded to the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Vulco, S. A.
    Inventors: Ricardo Abarca Melo, Rodrigo Guzman Castro, Osvaldo Quiroz Venegas
  • Patent number: 8777229
    Abstract: A liftoff carbon seal assembly includes a rotating seal plate adjacent to a rotating seal backer plate and a rotating seal plate retainer. The rotating seal plate defines a rotating seal plate face which extends beyond a rotating seal plate retainer face of the rotating seal plate retainer with a static carbon seal is adjacent to the rotating seal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Todd A. Davis
  • Patent number: 8757631
    Abstract: Provided is a mechanical sealing device which is simply configured and wherein a rotation ring can be stably held in a specified axial position, and warping of the sealed surfaces can be prevented, thereby making it possible to obtain appropriate sealing characteristics. In a mechanical sealing device, a rotation ring is axially held between a rotation ring locking surface of a sleeve and a rotation ring locking surface of a collar. Furthermore, the sleeve, the rotation ring fixing collar, and the rotation ring are integrated together by means of a baffle knock pin for the rotation ring. Due to the above, whether positive pressure or negative pressure is applied, the rotation ring does not move, nor do the sealed surfaces of the rotation ring become warped. Moreover, assembly can be simply performed only by means of the knock pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Suefuji
  • Patent number: 8523186
    Abstract: A slide ring seal arrangement comprises a rotationally fixed slide ring (4) and a slide ring (11), which is provided for rotating together with a rotating component, these slide rings each being held in a loose seat and interacting, in, in essence, radially oriented sealing surfaces, which are prestressed with a main prestressing force while in contact with one another. Each slide ring, on its front face that faces away from the sealing surface, is axially supported on a supporting part (14, 17) via an annular bearing surface (16, 20) provided between the respective supporting part and the adjacent front face of the respective slide ring. A load ratio (d12?dH2)/(d12?d22) of =2.0, preferably between 0.8 and 2.0, preferably no greater than between 1.0 and 1.5, more preferably approximately 1.3 is maintained on the bearing surface (16, 20). The measurement (d1?d2) of each bearing surface (16, 20) is equal to =10 mm, preferably between 0.2 and 2.0, preferably no more than approximately 0.6 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Schrüfer, Manfred Oppler, Günther Lederer, Armin Laxander, Klaus Lang, Rolf Johannes, Andreas Fesl, Peter Dröscher
  • Patent number: 8517388
    Abstract: A bellows type mechanical seal is provided that is capable of reducing adverse effects on the bellows. The bellows type mechanical seal includes a first annular member fixed on a rotary shaft, a second annular member resiliently supported by the bellows in a housing axially to the outside of the first annular member, a seal ring having a first end seal face contacting the first annular member and a second end seal face contacting the second annular member, both seal faces being perpendicular to the shaft. A centering member is arranged contacting the inner surface of the seal ring and the inner surface of the second annular member within an annular space formed between both of the inner surfaces and the shaft to keep the sealing ring and the second annular member in alignment with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidekazu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8302971
    Abstract: A sealing device for a pump has a sleeve, a rotary collar, a first O-ring, a stationary collar, a mounting bracket, a second O-ring, a mounting collar and a locking pin. The rotary collar, stationary collar, mounting bracket and mounting collar are mounted around the sleeve. The first O-ring is mounted between the sleeve and the rotary collar. The second O-ring is mounted between the mounting bracket and the stationary collar. The locking pin is mounted securely between the mounting bracket and the stationary collar. The O-rings provide multi-sealing functions. The locking pin prevents relative rotation between the mounting bracket and stationary collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Walrus Pump Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Shou-Hsiung Huang
  • Patent number: 8267406
    Abstract: A retaining ring for a seal ring of a mechanical seal assembly comprises a recess (8) inserted at the side of one of its axial ends for a sealing receipt and force-fit assembly of the seal ring (2). In the recess (8), an engaging ring (10) made of a flexible material and having a corrugated profile at its inner periphery is retained, wherein at least the elevations (15) of the corrugated profile may be brought in a force-fit engagement with the outer periphery of the seal ring, when the seal ring is moved into the engaging ring by an external mounting force. Each elevation has a leading flange in direction (P) of the mounting movement having a inclination angle ?2 larger than ?1 of a lagging flange (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Svejkovsky, Wolfgang Ries, Robert Woppowa
  • Patent number: 8057202
    Abstract: A scroll compressor including a non-orbiting and an orbiting scroll member having mating involute wraps extending therefrom. In one exemplary embodiment, at least one of the non-orbiting and orbiting scroll members includes an inner wall forming a groove in an end of the involute wrap and extending substantially entirely along the length thereof. Positioned within the groove is a tip seal having outwardly extending projections configured to engage the inner walls of the involute wrap along at least a portion thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the tip seal has a length that is less than the length of the groove. As a result, a gap is formed at the innermost portion of the involute wrap between the end of the groove and the end of the tip seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tecumseh Products Company
    Inventor: David K. Haller
  • Patent number: 7832471
    Abstract: A fitting arrangement and method of securing a fitting arrangement to a surface is provided. A plurality of adjacent fittings is coupled to and extends from a mounting surface of a structure in a well bore. Each fitting has an engagement surface that is configured to engage with an installation tool for coupling the fitting to the structure. The engagement surfaces of the adjacent fittings in the plurality are offset from each other to thereby define a clearance for the installation tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: James Verzwyvelt, James Hendricksonj, Ian Raw, Michael Alff
  • Patent number: 7819405
    Abstract: A mechanical seal that prevents deposition of a degradation material generated on a sliding interface is to be provided. In a mechanical seal including a sleeve that rotates with a rotating shaft, a seal cover fixed to a housing, a rotating ring attached to the sleeve and a fixed ring attached to the seal cover and disposed in sliding-contact with the rotating ring via a sliding interface perpendicular to the rotating shaft scraping member is provided on the sleeve at a position close to an inner edge of the sliding interface so as to remove a degradation material from the inner edge of the sliding interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignees: Kobe Steel, Ltd, Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Ohama, Yasushi Amano, Hajime Tsubono, Kouji Akiyama, Hidekazu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7416224
    Abstract: A device for fixing the sliding ring of an axial sliding ring seal for an axial rotary transmission leadthrough to a sliding ring support includes a conically tapered radial outer casing surface of the sliding ring and a holding apparatus designed as a cap nut and has a threaded section which can be screwed onto a matching external thread in the end area of the sliding ring support and also has a holding section which has a conically running internal surface which is matched to the conical casing surface of the corresponding sliding ring. The device has a higher degree of reliability and durability and is sufficiently space-saving to be able to replace existing rotary transmission leadthroughs in which the sliding rings are glued to the sliding ring supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: GAT Gesellschaft fur Antriebstechnik mbH
    Inventor: Stephan Ott
  • Patent number: 7296800
    Abstract: A seal device that includes a seal portion protruding from a resilient body member in a common direction with a seal lip member. The seal portion being shorter in length and having a thickness that is thinner than the lip seal member. A gap is defined between an action diameter surface of the seal lip member and one of either a retainer portion or a ring member, wherein the seal portion contacts the other one of the retainer portion or ring member. A pressure receiving groove is defined between the seal lip member and the seal portion, and is in communication with the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignees: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd., Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime Tsuboi, Toshiya Fuke, Norio Fukushima
  • Patent number: 7029012
    Abstract: A seal that provides sealing between a rotatable shaft and a housing has a stationary part for connection to the housing and a rotary part for rotation with the shaft. The rotary part includes a sleeve for mounting on the shaft. One end of the sleeve is provided with a non-elastometric sealing arrangement. The sealing arrangement has sealing surfaces for contacting outer circumferential surfaces of the sleeve and the shaft as well as means for effecting sealing engagement between each of said sleeve and said shaft and a respective sealing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: AES Engineering Ltd.
    Inventor: Alan James Roddis
  • Patent number: 6921078
    Abstract: Slit ring seal, especially running gear seal, consisting of an angle-shaped slip and/or opposing ring with a circumferential surface designed to accent a ring-shaped, approximately cross-sectional plate-spring shaped sealing body, where the sealing body, as needed, includes a secondary seal directed toward the area of the sealing shaft of the slip, and/or opposing ring, and supports itself with segment areas of its outer circumferential surface on corresponding surface areas of an installation bore, where a ring-shaped securing element is provided radially between the outer circumferential surface of the slip and/or opposing ring and the installation bore, contacting the sealing body in the installed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Friedberg, GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Henning Zutz
  • Patent number: 6338489
    Abstract: A mechanical seal including a slide ring and a counter-ring that are axially preloaded against each other along sealing surfaces through the application of spring tension. These surfaces contact each other in a manner that permits the sealing surfaces to rotate relative to each other. The slide ring and a housing, which is arranged in a rotatably fixed manner relative to slide ring, are each sealingly allocated to one end face of a bellows extending in the axial direction. One of the end faces of bellows is allocated nonadherently, with force-locking and/or form-locking, to slide ring, and the other end face of bellows is allocated nonadherently, with force-locking and/or form-locking, to housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventor: Kenji Nakano
  • Patent number: 6142476
    Abstract: A mechanical seal having two balance diameters and balance factors established separately and freely for two fluids which are opposed at a sealing face by providing two seal packings with a seal ring. A sidewall of a packing groove is removed on the sealed fluid side when the sealed fluid contains crystal deposits or solid substances, and a vacuum path is connected between the two seal packings. Also, a seal ring can be divided between the two seal packings into two parts so as to provide flexibility against deflection in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2000
    Inventor: Tomoichiro Iwane
  • Patent number: 6120034
    Abstract: A mechanical seal for providing fluid sealing between a housing and a rotatable shaft includes a gland assembly, a secondary sealing assembly, and first and second seal rings each having a seal face. The secondary sealing assembly provides fluid sealing between the seal rings and the gland assembly. The secondary sealing assembly includes a compression member having a front surface and a rear surface, a resilient member positioned between the rear surface of the compression member and the inner surface of the gland assembly for axially biasing said compression plate, and a sealing member interposed between the front surface of the compression member and the rear surface of the first seal ring. Either the rear surface of the first seal ring or the front surface of the compression member is configured to impart an axial and a radial sealing force on said sealing member to place the sealing member into sealing engagement with the first seal ring and the inner surface of the gland assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: A.W. Chesterston Company
    Inventors: Christopher A. Kowalski, Shifeng Wu, Henri V. Azibert
  • Patent number: 6092809
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for sealing lubricating oil in and debris out of a final drive of an earth moving machine is disclosed. The sealing arrangement includes a secondary seal for use in severe environments to protect a primary oil seal. The secondary seal is disposed radially outboard of the primary seal and includes a continuous annular ring having a wear resistant reinforced composite sealing portion. The sealing portion is constructed of a cured mix of an elastomer and reinforcing fibers, having an axial sealing face positionable in dynamic sealing contact with a radial surface of a first member of the final drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: William N. Keifer, Stephen J. Pierz, Gregory M. Wetterich
  • Patent number: 5961122
    Abstract: A split mechanical face seal assembly for mounting around a shaft, and having two holder halves, each of the two holder halves having first and second axial ends, each first end defining a counterbore formed therein, a seal face half received in the counterbore of each of the two holder halves, a resilient mounting in the counterbore of each of the two holder halves to seal the respective seal face half relative to its holder half, a resilient member in the counterbore of each of the two holder halves biasing the seal face half outwardly of its counterbore, a separate split retainer ring half located between and engaging each biasing means and its respective seal face half and an annular member for securing the two holder halves to each other around the shaft. A method of assembling and installing a split mechanical face seal around a shaft that extends from a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventor: Joseph A. Marsi