Abstract: A labyrinth sealing device is disclosed for use between a rotating shaft and a bearing housing. In some embodiments, an internal stator engages the housing and a rotor engages the shaft. A labyrinth pathway is defined between the rotor and stator to prevent the migration of lubricants and/or contaminants in either direction. The rotor acts as a running surface for the sealing element, but may also with a ground surface of the rotor to provide a pump that continuously draws lubricant away from the sealing lip toward a sump. In another embodiment, the stator and sealing element are combined as a single element formed from a sealing material. A recess in the sealing lip creates a pressure differential at the sealing surface and minimizes wear.

Abstract: An annular seal member configured to seal a gap between a shaft hole and a shaft inserted into the shaft hole, the annular seal member comprises: an annular base part; an annular lip, which includes a lip edge that is configured to be contact with one of a hole face of a shaft hole and an outer periphery of a shaft, the one of which is a seal mating face; a first convex part, a second convex part and a passage recess, which is provided at a face of the base part facing the seal mating face; a concave part, which is formed at a position between the second convex part and the base end portion of the annular lip, and which has a circumferential size larger than a recess width of the passage recess.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rotary seal including a first part having an axial sealing lip and a second part having an axial counterface against which the axial sealing lip bears. According to the invention, a rotational one of the first part and the second part is provided with a reservoir for retaining a volume of grease at a location radially inward of the axial sealing lip. The reservoir is designed such that the movement of grease under the action of centrifugal force is prevented, while the movement of base oil, which bleeds from the volume of grease retained in the reservoir, is allowed. As a result, the supply of base oil to the sealing contact takes place for a longer period of time, which extends the life of the seal.

Abstract: A shaft seal assembly includes a metal case having an annular leg extending radially inwardly to a free end with opposite oil and air sides of the leg facing respective oil and air sides of the seal assembly. An elastomeric material bonded to the leg forms a main body adjacent the free end and a primary seal lip radially inwardly from the main body. The primary seal lip has a sealing surface that extends between an air side end and free oil side end. The air side end is attached to an annular bridge via a first hinge and the bridge is operably attached to the main body via a second hinge. The first and second hinges each have a thickness that is less than a thickness of the bridge and the thickness of the first hinge is less than a thickness of the primary seal lip.

Abstract: A guiding and sealing unit for a shock absorber rod including a bushing and a sealing assembly, integrally carried by an end of the bushing, and including a sealing ring made of elastomeric material having at least one annular sealing lip which radially and overhangingly protrudes towards a symmetry axis, and a metallic reinforcing structure, having a flange-shaped portion that abuts the end of the bushing and a sleeve-shaped portion operatively associated to the sealing lip; the sealing ring has a flange-shaped portion which radially extends from a root portion of the at least one annular lip, and an annular projection integrally formed with the flange-shaped portion, which axially and protrudingly extends from the latter, facing the piston and shaped to make, a limit stop element for the piston; the flange-shaped portion of the reinforcing structure is coupled to the flange-shaped portion and extends under the annular projection.

Abstract: A seal assembly having a sealing ring, including at least one dynamically stressed sealing lip (1) and a buffer seal (2), which is arranged adjacent to the sealing lip (1) at an axial distance (3) therefrom, wherein the buffer seal (2) is made of an electrically conductive material, and wherein the sealing lip (1) and the buffer seal (2) are adjacent to and in contact with a surface (5) to be sealed of a first machine element (6) to be sealed, wherein the first machine element (6) to be sealed is arranged adjacent to a second machine element (8) at a radial distance (7) therefrom, wherein the sealing ring (1) is arranged in the a gap (9) formed by the radial distance (7), wherein the first (6) and second machine elements (8) are in contact with the buffer seal (2) in an electrically conductive manner.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lip seal for water pump made of a rubber-like elastic material, fixed to a housing as a fixed side and in sliding contact with a shaft rotating relative to the housing; the lip seal being obtained by vulcanization-molding of a rubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of the rubber-like elastic material, 1 to 150 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler, 5 to 90 parts by weight of a non-reinforcing filler having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or more, 0.1 to 5 parts by weight of a coupling agent, 1 to 15 parts by weight of a co-crosslinking agent, and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of an organic peroxide. The lip seal for water pump provides a materially solution, rather than a structural solution, to prevent softening and volume swelling of the rubber-like elastic material and the generation of deposits in the rotating shaft, which are problematic for rotation torque and LLC resistance.

Abstract: A static sealing device for a wheel hub assembly, an inner ring operatively associated with a constant velocity joint, an outer ring coupled with the wheel hub, including a first sealing assembly arranged between the inner ring and an outer ring for protecting respective rolling bodies, and a second sealing assembly integrally carried by the inner ring, arranged straddling the wheel hub and the outer ring of the joint; wherein the first sealing assembly includes a shield anchored to the inner ring of the bearing and provided, on the first side of the joint, with a flange portion carrying an annular signal generating element towards the joint which leaves an annular radially inner area of the flange portion uncovered, defining an annular seat between it and the inner ring in which an edge radially folded on the outside of a tubular core of the second sealing assembly is coupled.

Abstract: A seal assembly includes a semi-tubular sealing element defining a longitudinal axis, and a retainer configured to retain the sealing element. The sealing element has a longitudinal center portion and first and second longitudinal side portions, an array of resilient arcuate fingers extending from the first longitudinal side portion and curving partially around the longitudinal axis, and a depressor portion extending from the second longitudinal side portion and having a free edge diametrically opposed to the center portion. The retainer defines a channel with an entrance opening, the channel being configured to receive the sealing element in a position in which the depressor portion extends outside of the entrance opening in position to bear a load, the channel being defined by a pair of opposed side walls configured to resiliently capture the sealing element.

Abstract: An annular elastic gasket adapted to be disposed between an insertion hole formed in a housing and a cylindrical body which is inserted into the housing via the insertion hole in such a manner that the annular elastic gasket elastically contacts an inner surface of the insertion hole and an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical body. The annular elastic gasket comprises a hollow cylindrical gasket base body comprised of a molded body made of an elastic material, to be compressedly fitted and retained in the insertion hole, an annular seal lip portion extending in the centripetal direction from the gasket base body and an elastic extending portion which constitutes an extending base portion at an end of a tip side portion of the annular seal lip portion, being bent in such a manner that the end directs in the centripetal direction.

Abstract: The present cartridge seal assemblies pertain to rotary lip-type seals. In certain embodiments, a sealing member is constructed of a relatively hard material that increases the lifespan of the sealing member. The sealing member is energized with a canted-coil spring, which in some embodiments includes an adjustable spring force. The present embodiments enable control of sealing force to achieve an appropriate sealing force between the sealing member and the shaft based on factors such as temperature, pressure, rotary speed, properties of fluid media, etc. to achieve longer seal life.

Abstract: A valve stem seal device has a valve stem guide, a cylindrical metallic ring retained to an outer periphery of the valve stem guide, a rubbery elastic seal lip integrally formed in one end side of the metallic ring, and hermetically sliding to the valve stem, and a valve stem seal having the cylindrical metallic ring and the seal lip and fixed to the valve stem guide side. The valve stem seal device has a stop ring retained between a circular-truncated-cone-shaped surface which is expanded toward a side of the seal lip formed in an outer peripheral surface of the valve stem guide, and a cylindrical inner peripheral surface of the metallic ring. The stop ring has a cut part, and a movement limiting means for limiting a movement in an axial direction of the stop ring is provided in the other end side of the metallic ring.

Abstract: A sealing assembly for sealing a surface of a machine element from a medium on one side and surroundings on the other side includes a sealing ring and a protector ring. The sealing ring has at least one dynamically stressed sealing lip configured to contact, in a sealing manner, the surface to be sealed. The protector ring is disposed on a side of the sealing lip that is to be axially remote from the medium. The protector ring has a circumferential surface configured to be disposed adjacent to the surface to be sealed with a radial spacing such that the circumferential surface delimits a choke gap together with the surface to be sealed. The circumferential surface of the protector ring includes a conveying structure having a conveying direction that is axially away from the sealing lip and towards the surroundings.

Abstract: A seal to seal a gap between a rotatable component (4, 18) and a non-rotatable component comprises: A fastening section adapted to be fixedly mounted in relation to the non-rotatable component, a sleeve-like section (3) adapted to be mounted around the rotatable component (4, 18), a resilient section (7) between the sleeve-like and fastening section comprising an arcuate portion (8), and in an unmounted condition, the sleeve-like section (3) has an inner diameter, DSEAL, with a predefined magnitude relative to an outer diameter of the rotating component, DSHAFT, such that 0.9?DSEAL/DSHAFT?1.1.

Abstract: A scroll fluid machine with ensured reliability of an oil seal and a bearing even in a compressor operation at high rpm and high load is provided, which includes: a fixed scroll; an orbiting scroll facing the fixed scroll and having a boss provided on a face opposite to the fixed scroll; a drive shaft having a leading end mounted to the boss; an orbiting bearing supporting the drive shaft in connection with the orbiting scroll; and a seal member placed between the boss and the drive shaft to seal against a lubricant supplied to the orbiting bearing. The seal member has an oil lip producing action of moving the lubricant toward the orbiting bearing by rotation of the drive shaft. A communication passage is provided in the oil lip for communication between a space between the orbiting bearing and the seal member and a space outside the boss.

Abstract: A sealing assembly for insertion between first and second mechanical elements subjected to offset positioning, including a reinforcement ring and at least one elastomeric sealing element in which the reinforcement ring is at least partially embedded, the sealing element including an annular membrane shaped as a truncated-cone sleeve and free from the reinforcement ring, which membrane obliquely extends to protrude from the reinforcement ring, towards a symmetry axis of the sealing assembly and ends with at least one annular sealing lip intended to slidingly cooperate with the first mechanical element; the membrane has, in radial direction, a relatively thin thickness, thinner than that of the at least one sealing lip, so as to be highly flexible, and a plurality of stiffening ribs formed with the membrane, which extend in the axial direction, parallel to one another, spaced apart from one another to form longitudinally extending radial projections on the membrane.

Abstract: A sealing system is provided which is intended to achieve an improvement in durability. A dust seal is composed of a first dust seal (100) and a second dust seal (200) which is arranged at a location nearer to an atmospheric air side than the first dust seal (100), wherein each of the first dust seal (100) and the second dust seal (200) has a seal lip formed so as to be slidable with respect to an outer peripheral surface of the shaft. The first dust seal (100) has seal lips (121, 122) made of urethane rubber, and the second dust seal (200) has only a single seal lip (221) which is made of a rubber higher in flexibility than urethane rubber, and which extends toward the atmospheric air side.

Abstract: A bulkhead seal includes a housing configured to be attached to a bulkhead about a shaft and defining an annular recess. An annular diaphragm seal is rotatably disposed in the annular recess of the housing and about the shaft. A plurality of orifices extend through the annular diaphragm seal to prevent air pressure differentials from locking the annular diaphragm seal with respect to the housing. A lip seal is provided on each side of the annular diaphragm seal. Each lip seal includes a seal portion disposed to seal the orifices in the presences of liquid.

Abstract: A radial shaft seal ring includes a reinforcing ring and an elastomer part connected to the reinforcing ring. The elastomer part includes a dynamic sealing lip having a radial sealing lip section and an axial sealing lip section. The axial sealing lip section includes a sealing edge for sealing abutment on a shaft. The sealing edge is disposed on an inner peripheral wall of the axial sealing lip section and the inner peripheral wall faces towards the shaft. The axial sealing lip section further includes a reinforcing structure.

Abstract: A dynamic shaft seal assembly is provided including a dynamic seal for engaging a rotary shaft. The dynamic seal includes a mounting portion that is mounted within a casing and has an axially extending barrel portion extending from a radially inner end of the mounting portion. The axially extending barrel portion terminates in a radially extending leg portion which extends inwardly from an end of the axially extending portion. A generally conically shaped seal portion extends from an end of the radially extending portion and the seal portion includes a radially inner face engaging the shaft and a radially outer face having a stiffening bead integrally formed thereon. The mounting portion defines a bumper spaced from the axially extending barrel portion by a gap distance that is designed to prevent the seal lip from inverting under sustained high pressure or pressure spikes.

Abstract: A fan section for a gas turbine engine includes a hub. A fan blade is secured to the hub. A platform is removably secured to the hub and is arranged adjacent to the fan blade. The platform has a body with lateral sides that each include a channel. A seal is removably received in each of the channels, with one of the seals abutting the fan blade. A method of repairing the fan blade platform includes the steps of removing a nose cone to provide access to a hub, detaching a platform from the hub, and pulling the seal from a groove in the platform.

Abstract: A seal arrangement for sealing a propeller shaft where it penetrates through the hull of a watercraft includes a shaft bushing around this portion of the shaft, one or more seal rings forming a seal around the shaft bushing, and a stationary support holding the seal ring or rings. The shaft bushing includes an outer bushing part made of a wear-resistant material, arranged coaxially around an inner bushing part made of a material having a high thermal conductivity. The thickness of the outer part relative to the thickness of the inner part is a ratio in a range from 1:10 to 1:3. The two-part shaft bushing can provide optimized thermal conductivity and heat dissipation away from the seal rings to the cool exterior water environment, as well as optimized wear-resistance, corrosion resistance and reduced friction for the seal rings.

Abstract: An elastomeric or polymeric seal assembly (10) includes an annular elastomeric or polymeric sealing element (60), an internal circumferential surface of which sealingly engaging a first component (12), the sealing element abutting a radial annular face of a second component (16) and an external circumferential surface of the sealing element sealingly engaging an internal circumferential surface of a second component, a vent (92) being provided in the internal circumferential surface of the second component adjacent to the radial face, to vent the space between the external circumferential surface of the sealing element and the internal circumferential surface of the second component, an inlet to the vent being defined by an annular groove (88) in the internal circumferential surface of the second component, an annular helically wound element (94) being provided in the annular groove to prevent extrusion of the sealing element into the vent, the helically wound element being formed from a strip of material of

Abstract: The invention provides a sealing device in which adhesion of an elastic member used for the sealing device is controlled, and a coefficient of friction against a member sliding against the sealing device is reduced. A sealing device includes a first member 1, a second member 2 moving relative to the first member, and an elastic member 3 fixed to the first member 1 and sliding against the second member 2, and is characterized in that: the elastic member 3 is made of a rubber composition containing a metal soap, an organic acid amide and an oil-containing particle.

Abstract: A lip seal includes: a lip part (1) forming a ring shape alone or with plural members and provided in sliding contact with the entire periphery of a surface of a shaft (0); an elastic arm part (2) and a flexible wall (3) supporting the lip part (1) at a sliding contact position; key parts (4) connecting the elastic arm part (2) and the flexible wall (3) to a housing (10), respectively, and a pressure regulation chamber (A) forming a ring shape alone or with plural members and using the elastic arm part (2) and the flexible wall (3) as partition walls. The flexible wall (3) is deformed by the increase and decrease in pressure in the pressure regulation chamber (A) to change the lip part (1) at least radially.

Abstract: The invention relates to a radial shaft seal ring (1), including a reinforcement ring (3) and an elastomeric part (5) connected to the reinforcement ring (3), which elastomeric part (5) has a sealing lip (9) having a first sealing section (11), which is provided with a thread-like return structure (13) for returning a leaked fluid when a shaft is rotating, and having a second sealing section (15), which has a circular-cylindrical outer surface-shaped sealing surface (19) for gas-tight abutment on a stationary shaft, which circular-cylindrical outer surface-shaped sealing surface (19) has a microstructure (17).

Abstract: A shaft seal includes a body portion and a radially protruding lip portion. The body portion has a radial wall with at least one radial groove. The lip portion is integrally formed with the body portion and deflectable for sealing engagement with a shaft. In an example embodiment, the seal is a single piece manufactured by injection molding. In an example embodiment, the seal includes nylon or carbon filled polyamide 46.

Abstract: A ball screw device or linear motion guide device has a seal member preventing dust and dirt from entering into a movable member of a linear motion guide device and seals out fine dust, dirt or like by surely contacting a seal to a shaft member without providing a large margin to the seal. The seal member includes a body portion mounted to the movable member and a lip portion contacting an outer portion of the shaft member, the lip portion has an oblique surface having an axial section inclining with respect to its axial direction, the body portion has an urging member urging the lip portion in a diameter direction of the shaft member and a reinforcing portion reinforcing the body portion. The urging member is located on the reinforcing portion side than the tip end of the lip portion in the axial sectional shape of the lip portion.

Abstract: A radial shaft seal configured for receipt in a housing and about a shaft to sealingly isolate an air-side of the shaft seal from an oil-side of the shaft seal is provided. The seal includes an annular mounting portion; an elastomeric seal body connected to the mounting portion, and a seal lip connected to the seal body. The seal lip has an annular inner sealing surface extending axially between an oil-side end and a free air-side end. The inner sealing surface has a first groove region and a circumferentially continuous annular static band. The first groove region is spaced axially from the static band and extends between the static band and the oil-side end to pump lubrication toward the oil-side of the seal. The static band prevents the lubrication from leaking from the oil-side to the air-side of the seal.

Abstract: A riser seal cartridge for an irrigation sprinkler. The cartridge is formed of a rigid self support shell, and a sealing member formed of a resilient material covering the shell in areas which provide the seal. The sealing member includes a first portion which seals the top end of the sprinkler body, a second portion which seals an outer surface of the riser, a third portion which connects the first and second portions, and a fourth portion extending from the third seal portion which provides a seal for the support shell lower end portion. The first seal portion provides a high pressure seal to prevent leakage when the riser is in a fully extended position; and the second seal portion provides a low pressure seal during pressure build-up as the riser is extending.

Abstract: A seal includes at least one sealing profile (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) with at least one sealing lip (2.1, 2.2, 2.3) and at least one hook-shaped claw connector (3.1, 4.2, 3.3, 4.3), which, when viewed in the cross-section of the sealing profile (1.1, 1.2, 1.3), is adjacent to the sealing lip (2.1, 2.2, 2.3).

Abstract: A spinning reel waterproofing member is provided for waterproofing a space between a tubular portion and a rotating member of a spinning reel. The tubular portion is disposed on a front end of a reel main body. The rotating member is disposed on an inner peripheral portion of the tubular portion and a front portion of the tubular portion. The spinning reel waterproofing member includes a main body portion being fixed to the inner peripheral portion of the tubular portion and including a distal end portion, a first lip portion extending in a radial direction so that the distal end portion of the main body portion is in contact with an outer peripheral portion of the rotating member, and a second lip portion extending in an axial direction from a front surface of the first lip portion toward a rear surface of the rotating member.

Abstract: A seal with, on the one hand, a support body in the form of a carrier ring with an axial leg and, on the other hand, a sealing washer which is placed or arranged on the carrier ring and which surrounds the axial leg on the outer periphery, said carrier ring being made of a metallic material, wherein the carrier ring is made of a sheet of the HYS type.

Abstract: A seal includes a supporting body; a disk-shaped sealing element fixed to the supporting body so as to form a static seal and to include a free end; and a sealing body disposed at the free end so as to form a dynamic sealing edge, wherein the sealing body includes a material that is a different from a material of the sealing element.

Abstract: A sealing system is provided which is intended to achieve an improvement in durability. A dust seal is composed of a first dust seal and a second dust seal which is arranged at a location nearer to an atmospheric air side than the first dust seal, wherein each of the first dust seal and the second dust seal has a seal lip formed so as to be slidable with respect to an outer peripheral surface of the shaft. The first dust seal has seal lips made of urethane rubber, and the second dust seal has only a single seal lip which is made of a rubber higher in flexibility than urethane rubber, and which extends toward the atmospheric air side.

Abstract: The present invention provides an elastomeric seal, the seal (10) having an elastomeric part (15) with a contact surface (17) for contacting, in use, a movable surface (30), the contact surface having a distribution of dimples thereon, the dimples having a depth of at least 9 ?m, an aspect ratio of at least 0.2 and an area density of from 0.05 to 0.5.

Abstract: A sealing arrangement used to create a seal between a first (12) part of a chain and a second (14) part of a chain, wherein said second part can at least be pivoted in relation to the first part, exhibiting the following features: a sealing ring (40) with an annular sealing lip (42) for sealing a lubricant area between parts which can be pivoted towards each other, an elastic ring (60) which can be fixed to one of the parts and which can be used to exert pressure on the sealing ring; in addition to a supporting ring (50) which is arranged between the sealing ring and the elastic ring; and link of a chain provided with said sealing arrangement.

Abstract: A leaf seal assembly provides a fluidic seal between a first and second member and includes first and second cover plates defining a channel, with a first and second edge, respectively. A plurality of leaf elements are located within the channel, each element having first and second edges adjacent to the first and second cover plates, respectively and a projecting portion of each element extends beyond both edges. A fluid flow in a first direction causes the leaf elements to move away from the first member to create a fluid passage between the elements and the member, allowing a flow through the seal in the first direction; and a fluid flow in a second direction causes the leaf elements to move towards the first member such that a third edge of the projecting portion of each element contacts the member, opposing the flow through the seal in the second direction.

Abstract: A seal assembly includes an annular body coupled with an inner member or an outer member and has inner and outer circumferential surfaces and first and second annular sealing portions spaced along a centerline. The two sealing portions either extend radially outwardly from the outer surface and have an outside diameter, with the first portion diameter being greater than the second portion diameter, or extend radially inwardly from the body inner surface and have an inside diameter, with the first portion diameter being lesser than the second portion diameter. The seal body is radially deflectable such that the first sealing portion is engaged with one of the outer and inner members, and the second sealing portion is spaced from the member, when the body is exposed to pressure lesser than a predetermined value and both sealing portions are engaged with the member at pressures above the value.

Abstract: A radial shaft seal to isolate an air side of the seal from an oil side of the seal is provided. The seal includes a mounting portion and a seal lip having a sealing surface extending between an oil side end and an air side end. An annular bridge is connected to the oil side end by a first hinge and to the mounting portion by a second hinge. The bridge extends in overlying relation to the seal lip. A projection extends from the first hinge away from the bridge. A plurality of ribs extend radially inwardly from the projection. A plurality of nubs extend axially from the oil side end of the seal lip toward the oil side of the shaft seal. The ribs and nubs minimize friction between the seal and a shaft during installation and prevent the seal lip from inverting during an oil-side installation assembly.

Abstract: A seal arrangement, in particular for sealing a thin section bearing. Specifically, the invention relates to a seal of a thin section bearing such as may be used for mounting a swashplate of a helicopter. According to the invention, this seal arrangement has at least two elastomer bodies, each of which form one radial sealing lip. A support body is arranged axially between the at least two elastomer bodies.

Abstract: The present invention provides a sealing device in which frictional resistance is further reduced while a sealing property is maintained. In a section passing through a central axis of the annular sealing device 100, if a radius of curvature of a curved face between a first inclined face 110X and a second inclined face 110Y is R0, a radius of curvature of a curved face between a side face on a sealed fluid side (O) and the first inclined face 110X in an annular groove is R1a, R2a, R3a, and R4a for respective annular grooves, and a radius of curvature of a curved face between a side face on an atmosphere side (A) and the first inclined face 110X in an annular groove is R1b, R2b, R3b, and R4b for the respective annular grooves, R1b, R2b, R3b, R4b<R0<R1a, R2a, R3a, R4a is satisfied.

Abstract: A hand power tool has a housing with having at least two housing parts. A sealing element provides mounting of the housing parts on one another fluid-tightly. The housing parts have short sides with which the housing parts abut against one another with interposition of a sealing element. The sealing element is fixed on one of the housing parts.

Abstract: A radial shaft seal configured for receipt in a housing and about a shaft to sealingly isolate an air side of the seal from an oil side of the shaft seal is provided. The seal includes a mounting portion and a seal lip having an annular sealing surface extending between an oil side end and a free air side end. An annular bridge is connected to the oil side end of the seal lip by a first hinge and to the mounting portion by a second hinge. The bridge extends from the first hinge to the second hinge in radially overlying relation to the seal lip. An annular projection extends from the mounting portion axially away from the bridge. The projection has an oil side facing the seal lip and confronts the air side end of the seal lip upon the seal lip pivoting about the first hinge.

Abstract: To reduce an axial installation width of a sealing device 1 comprising an oil seal 5 mounted in an inner periphery of a shaft hole 3 of a housing 2 and slidably contacted with an outer periphery of a rotating shaft 4 and a magnetic encoder 6 mounted on the rotating shaft 4 so as to be rotated therewith, as well as to improve sealing performance, the oil seal 5 is provided with a metal ring 7 having at least a part thereof disposed at an inner periphery side of the cylindrical portion 10b in the magnetic encoder 6 so that the oil seal 5 and magnetic encoder 6 are overlapped with each other in an axial direction, and the oil seal 5 is provided with a seal lip 8e formed with a rubber-like elastic body and disposed towards an interior side A of a housing.

Abstract: Device, system, and method are described directed to seal assemblies with support to reduce seal extrusion under high to very high pressure changes due to repeated piston reciprocating movement. In some examples, concave features are incorporated on the inner and outer edges of support and backup ring elements to support and hug the preceding element and constrain extrusion, as well as utilizing multiple contact points on certain elements in order to reduce friction against the dynamic surface. The seal assemblies described herein can also incorporate bearing surfaces to reduce damage to seal ID due to off-axis floating rod, such as incorporating one or more multi-point contacts to reduce friction.

Abstract: A fluid separation element is provided including: a membrane winding having two ends and obtained by layering a separation membrane, a feed water channel material, and a permeate channel material and spirally winding them; and one or more anti-telescoping devices attached to one or both of the ends of the membrane winding, wherein a brine seal fitting groove is provided in an outer circumferential surface of the anti-telescoping device and a hole that communicates with a feed water channel side is provided inside the groove. When the anti-telescoping devices are attached to the both ends of the membrane winding, a brine seal is fitted into the groove of the upstream-side anti-telescoping device and no brine seal is fitted into the groove of the downstream-side anti-telescoping device.

Abstract: A bearing seal includes a metal core having a radially outer portion engaged in an inner seal groove of a bearing outer race. The core includes a bent portion engaged in the seal groove, a radially outer flange extending inwardly from an end of the bent portion located inside the bearing, a tapered tubular portion having a large-diameter end thereof connected to a small-diameter end of the outer flange and a small-diameter end thereof located axially outwardly of its large-diameter end, and a radially inner flange extending inwardly from the small-diameter end of the tubular portion. A rubber seal is fixed to an inner surface of the metal core that faces the interior of the bearing. The rubber seal includes a thick-walled portion having an inner radial step, and formed with three lips that elastically contact the inner race outer surface. The thick-walled portion includes a small-diameter thick-walled portion.

Abstract: A static sealing device for a wheel hub assembly, an inner ring operatively associated with a constant velocity joint, an outer ring coupled with the wheel hub, including a first sealing assembly arranged between the inner ring and an outer ring for protecting respective rolling bodies, and a second sealing assembly integrally carried by the inner ring, arranged straddling the wheel hub and the outer ring of the joint; wherein the first sealing assembly includes a shield anchored to the inner ring of the bearing and provided, on the first side of the joint, with a flange portion carrying an annular signal generating element towards the joint which leaves an annular radially inner area of the flange portion uncovered, defining an annular seat between it and the inner ring in which an edge radially folded on the outside of a tubular core of the second sealing assembly is coupled.

Abstract: A sealing system and a method of manufacturing such a sealing system. The sealing system comprises a seal lip of two different materials that are bonded together using a polymeric material that forms strong chemical bonds with the two different materials at the same time. Further since the bonding only takes place after activation, this enables a precise physical alignment to be done before the activation.