Partially Spherical Patents (Class 277/507)
  • Patent number: 10995671
    Abstract: An inlet body is for a fluid injector for a turbomachine. The inlet body includes a casing and an inlet nozzle, housed inside the casing, that serves as a seat for a mobile sealing member. The inlet nozzle includes a central duct for the fluid and an annular rim surrounding the central duct. The annular rim includes a housing for a gasket. The housing is defined by a bottom wall, an opening opposite the bottom wall, and two opposite walls which each extend between the bottom wall and the opening. The walls are tilted towards each other in the direction of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Christophe Chabaille, Antoine Bissieres, Lauranne Sophie Mottet
  • Patent number: 10502352
    Abstract: A joint assembly for connecting a first pipe having a first inner diameter and a second pipe having a second inner diameter which is larger than the first inner diameter comprises, an annular section comprising an annular wall defining a flow path through the annular section and configured to connect to the first pipe and the second pipe, and a clamp portion configured to clamp the second pipe between an outer surface of the annular section and an inner surface of the clamp portion. An inner diameter of the annular section varies from a first inner diameter at a first end of the annular section to a second inner diameter at a second end of the annular section. The first inner diameter is substantially equal to the inner diameter of the first pipe. The second inner diameter is substantially equal to the inner diameter of the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventor: Naseer Niaz
  • Patent number: 10487946
    Abstract: Disclosed is a stirring device (D) including a screw shaft (1) driven by a drive unit, the screw shaft (1) being guided with respect to a body by way of a bearing, the stirring device furthermore including a seal (8) rigidly secured to the body and in contact with the ball joint (7) so as to ensure sealing with respect to the fluid to be stirred. The seal (8) is mounted on a seal holder (9), the seal holder (9) including a contact region (10) and being able to take up two positions, a first, operating position in which the seal (8) is in contact with the ball joint (7), and a second, maintenance position in which the contact region (10) is in contact with the ball joint (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: MILTON ROY EUROPE
    Inventors: Stephane Bulat, Arnaud Alex
  • Patent number: 10479450
    Abstract: The present invention provides a sealing device for an opening. The device includes a body that has a first side and a second side. A passageway is formed through the body such that the passageway has a first end adjacent to the first side and a second end that is adjacent to the second side. A sealing member is provided that includes an outer gasket and an inner gasket. The outer gasket is positioned adjacent the first side and the inner gasket is positioned adjacent the second side. A seal connector connects the inner gasket and the outer gasket and the seal connector passes through the passageway. In this way, the inner gasket and the outer gasket are mechanically attached to the ring. The sealing device is configured for use in such applications as sealing the cargo opening on the deck of a kayak.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventors: Gerald Boyd Zinnbauer, John Martin Schaefer, Lee Patrick Ward
  • Patent number: 10359070
    Abstract: A seal structure includes an insertion path which connects between a first opening and a second opening and through which a longitudinal member is inserted; and a seal part, formed at the intermediate section of the insertion path, which contacts with the outer circumference of the inserted longitudinal member. A discharge path is provided on a side wall section of the insertion path, and connects from the side surface of the side wall section to a section, of the insertion path, which is closer to an inflow opening through which flowing water is likely to flow than the seal part is to the inflow opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: HI-LEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Imagawa, Atsushi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 9890883
    Abstract: A pipe joint is provided with a pressing ring, a pipe or a pipe joint body having a containing section, a tightening element, and a packing ring compressed by being pressed by the pressing ring moved by the operation of the tightening element. The packing ring includes a base section fitted and mounted in the containing section at a rear thereof, a seal section contained within the containing section at a front thereof, and a connection section which connects the base section and the seal section and has a cutout groove. When the packing ring positioned by fitting and mounting the base section in the containing section at the rear thereof is subjected to pressing by the pressing ring, the seal section is bent into the cutout groove and is deformed, and compression caused by the deformation creates a sealed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Waterworks Technology Development Organization Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tamotsu Maenishi, Yasuyuki Nagamori, Koji Taniwaki
  • Patent number: 9874146
    Abstract: Support strut assembly for supporting a casing of a functional unit of gas turbine is provided having a strut body for supporting the casing to ground, a ball pivot element mounted to the strut body and a rocker lever mounted to the ball pivot element. The rocker lever inserts into a bearing bore of a support body as part of the casing or ground, the rocker lever inserts into the bearing bore via clearance fit so a pivotal point is generated at a first contact area between the rocker lever and an inner surface of the bearing bore, the rocker lever pivots within the bearing bore around the pivotal point. An elastomeric springing damping element is mounted to the rocker lever between the rocker lever and the a support body providing centering force and damping pivoting of the rocker lever with respect to the support body around the pivotal point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Colm Keegan, Kevin Scott, Neil Simmons
  • Patent number: 9656546
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle shifter assembly having a retainer ring between a housing and an instrument panel or console. The retainer ring includes a fluid diverter system configured to guide fluid away from predetermined shifter assembly component(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Morrissett, Robert E. Meyer
  • Patent number: 9323278
    Abstract: A work vehicle includes a frame structure between an operator-side space adjacent to the operator and a device-side space adjacent controlled devices. The control lever system for the work vehicle comprises a pivotal shaft mounted in the vicinity of a lever opening formed in the frame structure; a boss portion supported to the pivotal shaft to be rotatable about the pivotal shaft; a control lever portion radially extending from the boss portion to the operator-side space; a controlled lever portion radially extending from the boss portion to the device-side space; and a seal member for closing a gap between the boss portion and an area of the frame structure where the lever opening is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Kubota Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Masumoto, Manabu Togo
  • Publication number: 20110302905
    Abstract: Eyeball seals for a gimbaled rocket engines, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a rocket body, an engine carried by and movable relative to the rocket body, and a seal assembly. The seal assembly can include a sealing surface carried by one of the rocket body and the engine, and a seal element carried by the other of the rocket body and the engine. The seal element is in contact with the sealing surface. The seal assembly can further include a cylinder and a piston slideably received in the cylinder, with one of the piston and the cylinder carrying the seal element. The cylinder includes ports that are in fluid communication with a region external to the rocket body. Accordingly, pressures external to the rocket body can force the seal element and/or the sealing surface into contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: Blue Origin, LLC
    Inventors: Erich K. Weinberg, Beth A. Mikulka, Kip Carver
  • Publication number: 20110198815
    Abstract: A compound conduit containing inner and outer conduits with apertures in the former that are angled to direct jets of fluid in a rearward direction from the inner conduit into the annular space is used to draw sludge or undesirable material from a vessel without imposing a vacuum on the system. In conjunction with the compound conduit is a rotary tube seal that allows the conduit to be mounted to an orifice in a tank wall and pivoted or rotated over a range of angles. A tubing drive mechanism grasps the tubing at locations well removed from the distal end and causes the tubing to travel in the direction of the tubing axis. The gripping members in the mechanism engage the sides of the tubing and are capable of shifting position relative to each other to accommodate changes in the curvature of the tubing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: Sierra Process Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry McNaughton, Stanley W. Ellis
  • Patent number: 6698764
    Abstract: The invention provides a packing assembly for rotating and/or oscillating machine shafts arranged in a machine housing. The packing assembly comprises a packing accommodation unit floating on said shaft. The packing accomodation unit is supported on the housing by means of a ball joint assembly that is pivotable and translatory movable in a radial direction to and from the shaft. The ball joint assembly comprises a ball member provided with a central bore received in a ball socket. A guiding element projecting into the bore of the ball member serves for translatory guiding the ball member along the axis of the bore in the ball member, whereby the axis of the bore on the ball member runs essentially perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Coperion Buss AG
    Inventors: Peter Franz, Bernd Roese
  • Patent number: 6585416
    Abstract: A guide to support a shaft such as a pump pull rod (11) which is capable of both rotary and reciprocal motion. The guide prevents any misalignment of rod (11) damaging a seal, e.g. a stuffing box, held in space (24). Guide element (18) has central portion (19) and annular flange (25). Element (18) can move laterally with respect to housing (12) and can also pivot, along with the cap (15) of the housing (12), with respect to the lower portion (14) thereof. The latter is achieved via movements of part-spherical bearing element (28) and similarly shaped faces (26, 37, 38) of housing 9120. Further seals (33, 34) prevents entry of pumped fluid into chamber (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Harbison-Fischer, Inc.
    Inventor: Ian Rimmer