Having Installation, Removal, Assembly, Disassembly, Or Repair Feature Patents (Class 277/551)
  • Patent number: 11680605
    Abstract: A bearing assembly, such as for a wind turbine or a tidal turbine including a tower and a nacelle, includes a lower part that is attachable to the tower, an upper part that is attachable to the nacelle, a bearing that rotatably couples the lower part to the upper part to allow rotation of the nacelle with respect to the tower, and a brake mechanism configured to selectively prevent relative rotation of the upper part and the lower part. The brake mechanism includes a brake disc and a brake caliper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Michael Baumann, Matthias Hofmann
  • Patent number: 11493132
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a first sealing member and a second sealing member that are mounted on a housing, the outer peripheral surface of the rotational shaft being in slidable contact with the first sealing member and the second sealing member. Distal portions of multiple first hooks formed on the first sealing member are hooked on the distal portions of multiple second hooks formed on the second sealing member for restricting movement of the second sealing member away from the first sealing member in the axial direction of the sealing device. Distal portions of multiple first stoppers formed on the first sealing member are in contact with the distal portions of multiple second stoppers formed on the second sealing member for restricting movement of the second sealing member toward the first sealing member in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaru Syonai
  • Patent number: 11466612
    Abstract: A cylinder head assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a cast cylinder head having at least one oil gallery, a turbocharger housing integrally cast with the cylinder head, and a turbocharger cartridge assembly configured to be inserted into the turbocharger housing and including at least one bearing rotatably supporting a shaft coupled between a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel. A lubricant passage is formed within the turbocharger housing and configured to supply oil from the at least one oil gallery to the turbocharger cartridge assembly to lubricate the at least one bearing. A seal assembly is disposed at least partially within the turbocharger housing to receive lubricant from the lubricant passage and includes a sealing end configured to seal against the turbocharger cartridge assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventors: Michael P Schmidt, John G McKinney, Nikhil Punneri Madathil
  • Patent number: 11359724
    Abstract: A sealing assembly including a housing including a bore and a shaft rotatably disposed in the bore. A primary radial shaft seal is secured to the housing and includes a sealing lip engaging the shaft. A buffer seal made of an electrically conductive non-woven fabric which is arranged adjacent to the primary radial shaft seal and in contact with the housing and the shaft. A secondary contaminant exclusion seal is secured to the housing and includes at least one dust lip. The buffer seal is sandwiched between the primary radial shaft seal and the secondary contaminant exclusion seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership
    Inventor: Richard Wagner
  • Patent number: 11313472
    Abstract: An integrated protection component for a sealing ring and associated sealing system for a vehicle transmission component, including a plug that can be inserted inside the sealing ring and an annular element for protecting the sealing ring during insertion of a rotating shaft is provided. The annular element includes a flange-shaped end and a tubular side wall that directly comes into engaging contact with the sealing ring and receives inside it the rotating shaft. The first end being provided with a handle, the plug engaging in a removable manner with the annular element and the tubular side wall being provided with a first weakened zone formed longitudinally alongside a second, radially formed, weakened zone of the first end so as to break following a pulling force exerted manually on the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Gianluca Arobbio, Marco Bresso, Fabio Marchisio, Alessandro Piras
  • Patent number: 11300207
    Abstract: A seal member interposed between a first member and a second member. The seal member includes a seal main body attached to one of the first member and the second member, and a protection cover attached to the seal main body, and the seal main body has a seal lip having contact with or close to the other one of the first member and the second member, a bent portion formed on one end of the metal ring of the seal main body is in contact with an outer-periphery portion of the protection cover, and the seal main body is in contact with a part of the protection cover in the axial direction, and the part is located at a position different from the outer-periphery portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyunchul Souk
  • Patent number: 11131386
    Abstract: A seal includes a supporting ring and at least one sealing ring. The at least one sealing ring has a sheath. The at least one sealing ring and the supporting ring are interconnected. The supporting ring has an outer periphery and is, at least in part, surrounded on the outer periphery by the sheath of the at least one sealing ring in a radial direction. The at least one sealing ring has at least one dynamically loaded sealing lip, which is arranged on a side of the at least one sealing ring facing radially away from the sheath. The at least one sealing ring includes an electrically conductive polymer material. The sheath and the sealing lip transition into one another as one piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Dahlhaus-Preussler, Daniel Froehlich, Ludwig Baer, Pit Wiedemann, Christian Pfeifer
  • Patent number: 11125315
    Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling power transmission systems are include providing oil through an aperture defined in a housing to a stator cooling ring, through the stator cooling ring and into stator cooling channels, through the stator cooling channels and into spaces defined between the housing and jet rings, and through holes in the jet rings and onto the end-windings. The stator cooling ring, stator cooling channels and jet rings can encircle the stator and end-windings and, via the holes in the jet rings, spray pressurized jets of oil from various angles onto the end-windings, and in particular middle regions thereof. Seals may be used between the jet rings and housing, and between the jet rings and stator ends. The seals may be compressed so as to form an interference fit between the jet rings and housing or stator ends as the case may be.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Tesla, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Michael Graves, Eric Bellemare, Alexander Hain
  • Patent number: 10935137
    Abstract: The seal assembly comprising a fixed element, a rotating element, and a seal member comprising a stiff annular reinforcement and a seal of an elastic material and in contact with a sliding surface. The sliding surface has an arithmetic mean roughness greater than or equal to 0.15 ?m and less than 0.5 ?m. The sliding surface has a roughness ratio greater than or equal to one. The roughness ratio is the ratio of a first parameter corresponding to a quantity of valleys to a second parameter corresponding to a quantity of peaks over the sliding surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: HUTCHINSON
    Inventors: Jean Lor, Valérie Postec, Stéphane Chagneau
  • Patent number: 10900524
    Abstract: A sealing member of a bearing device for vehicle wheel including: a sealing plate having a sealing plate fitting section (7a) fitted to an inner circumferential surface of an outer ring, an annular support section (7c) extending radially inwardly from the sealing plate fitting section, and sealing lips provided on one side surface of the support section; and a slinger (8) having a slinger fitting section (8a) fitted to the outer circumferential surface of an inner ring (4) and an annular upright plate section (8b) extending radially outwardly from the slinger fitting section and facing the support section. The plurality of sealing lips are in contact with one side surface of the upright plate section or with the slinger fitting section, the support section is bent to form an annular groove section, and the outer peripheral portion of the upright plate section is bent to form a cylindrical wall section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Seki, Hisanori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10794491
    Abstract: A wheelend assembly seal between the hub of a wheelend and a spindle shaft is provided. The wheelend assembly seal is a seal device having at least a static seal structure, a wear ring, and a dynamic seal structure. The dynamic seal structure comprises a resilient member that is biased such that in an uninstalled state, the resilient member diverges from an axially extending portion of the dynamic seal structure. When installed, the resilient member is compressed to be approximately parallel the axially extending portion and forms a seal between the surface of the resilient member and the outer surface of the spindle shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Stemco Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel T. Jimenez, Monte L. Pearson, Mark N. Gold, David W. Bell
  • Patent number: 10746145
    Abstract: A fuel injector isolator includes a support member which is rigid and which is annular in shape being centered about an axis such that the support member has a support member inner periphery which circumferentially surrounds the axis and includes a concave region. The fuel injector isolator also includes an isolation member which is resilient and compliant and which is annular in shape being centered about the axis such that the support member has an isolation member outer periphery and an isolation member inner periphery which accommodates the fuel injector therein. The isolation member is located within the support member inner periphery and includes 1) an isolation member outer periphery upper retention surface which engages the support member first end surface and 2) an isolation member outer periphery lower retention surface which extends into the concave region and engages the concave region of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED
    Inventor: Samuel Rondeau
  • Patent number: 10550891
    Abstract: A rolling bearing has a pair of inner rings and an annular groove provided on an outer circumference of a portion where end portions of the pair of inner rings abut against each other. A seal member for a rolling bearing has an elastic portion. The seal member for a rolling bearing is mounted in the annular groove. The elastic portion has an annular proximal end portion that is fixed to one axial end side of the annular groove and an annular extending portion extending from the proximal end portion towards the other axial end side and having on an inner circumference thereof a sliding contact lip configured to be brought into sliding contact with the other axial end side of the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: JTEKT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Hamada, Yuta Sugaya, Yuka Sato
  • Patent number: 10520095
    Abstract: An abradable seal is provided, comprising an outer ring arrangement and an energiser for urging said outer ring arrangement against an opposing surface, wherein an outermost surface of said outer ring arrangement defines a sealing surface of said abradable seal; wherein said outer ring arrangement is configured such that after a first period of operation said sealing surface suddenly transitions from having a relatively large surface area to having a relatively small surface area, so as to cause a sudden increase in internal leakage across the seal at said transition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS
    Inventors: Arnauld Hervieux, Bastien Le Riguer
  • Patent number: 10330202
    Abstract: A sealing device has a main lip sealing sealed fluid in a machine inside and a sub lip preventing intrusion of foreign materials in a machine outside, and structured such that both of the lips slidably come into contact with a peripheral surface of a shaft, wherein the sub lip is formed into a shape which is vertical to an axial direction or a shape which is directed to the main lip side, and a stepped shape is provided in the sub lip, the stepped shape unevenly distributing a generation position of a contact pressure peak in relation to the shaft in the sub lip. The sealing device can achieve both the shaft inserting property and the sealing performance in a sealing device having a main lip which seals sealed fluid in a machine inside, and a sub lip which seals foreign materials in a machine outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuichi Tarukawa
  • Patent number: 10295062
    Abstract: A sealing element for sealing a high-pressure side from a low-pressure side at a rotating shaft, in particular in a pump, with a supporting ring configured to be arranged on a stator surrounding the shaft and from which a first annular membrane protrudes facing in the direction toward the shaft. From the first annular membrane, a second annular membrane protrudes facing in the direction toward the shaft. The first annular membrane is formed longer than the second annular membrane as viewed in the axial direction of the shaft, and the second annular membrane is configured with a sealing edge which is to be arranged lying on the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Poll, Klaus Meyer, Philipp Marius Schueller, Milena Milovanov
  • Patent number: 10274013
    Abstract: A bearing assembly for a cam follower assembly for a ram assembly for a metal can production necker includes two or more bearings. Each of the bearing includes an inner ring positioned within an outer ring and a plurality of rolling elements positioned therebetween. The bearing assembly includes a tire press fit on the outer rings of the bearings. The tire has an elongate body portion that extends between a first radially inward projecting shoulder and a second radially inward projecting shoulder. A radially inward facing surface extends between the first radially inward projecting shoulder and the second radially inward projecting shoulder. The first radially inward projecting shoulder extends further radially inward than the second radially inward projecting shoulder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Roller Bearing Company of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Pallini, Bradley T. Smith
  • Patent number: 10267422
    Abstract: The invention provides a sealing device which can suppress occurrence of static leakage and has a seal lip and a seal flange which are slidably in contact with each other, and a screw groove arranged in an end face, in an axial direction, of the seal flange. In the sealing device, the seal lip attached to a non-rotational housing side is slidably in contact with the end face, in the axial direction, of the seal flange on the rotational axis side, and which has the screw groove arranged in the end face, in the axial direction, of the seal flange so as to exert a fluid pumping action during rotation, is characterized in that the screw groove has an inner-circumferential-side inclined surface and an outer-circumferential-side inclined surface as the internal surfaces, and has a groove bottom part in a circular arc cross-sectional shape that interconnects both of the inclined surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Yamaguchi, Hideharu Hyakutake, Yuya Sakano
  • Patent number: 10160529
    Abstract: The propulsion unit comprises a strut having an upper portion with an upper end portion passing through a passage formed between a first outer bottom and a second inner bottom in a vessel. The upper end portion is rotatable supported with a slewing bearing and sealed with a slewing seal. An upper slewing seal prevents lubrication medium leakage from the slewing bearing, whereby access to the upper slewing seal is provided in a radial direction from the interior of the vessel or from the interior of the strut in order to be able to service the upper slewing seal. A lower slewing seal is positioned at a vertical distance below the upper slewing seal and prevents sea water from penetrating into the hull of the vessel, whereby access to the lower slewing seal is provided in a radial direction from the interior of the vessel or from the interior of the strut in order to be able to service the lower slewing seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Oy
    Inventors: Kai Karila, Jussi Kiiskilä, Ville Kortelainen, Erkki Ronkainen, Tero Tamminen
  • Patent number: 10041562
    Abstract: A sealing structure allows for formation of a side lip, as well as a labyrinth structure between an oil seal and a torsional vibration damper, even when a reinforcing ring has a short inward flange part. The sealing body 120 includes a side lip 124 extending from near a distal end of an inward flange part 112 radially inward and further toward an air side (A) than a dust lip 122 to a position not as far as the outer circumferential surface of a tubular part 210. An annular member 250 is further provided, which is fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the tubular part 210 further on the air side (A) than the side lip 124 and covering an outer circumferential surface of the side lip 124 such that there is a gap between the annular member 250 itself and the outer circumferential surface of the side lip 124.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Kamiya, Hiroki Matsui, Shinya Omoto, Toru Nakashima
  • Patent number: 10041415
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a combustion chamber for a gas turbine with a combustion chamber head and a heat shield which are designed in one piece, with the heat shield being provided with at least one recess, in which is arranged a burner or an annular sleeve enclosing the burner, with a burner seal being provided between the heat shield and the burner, characterized in that the heat shield is provided in the area of the recess with an annular groove, in which is arranged at least one elastic sealing element forming the burner seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Carsten Clemen, Michael Ebel
  • Patent number: 9926979
    Abstract: A sealing device for a bearing unit, where the unit has a radially outer ring, two rows of rolling bodies arranged, respectively, between the radially outer ring and a pair of radially inner rings. The sealing device further provides a spacer including an annular groove and configured to be arranged between the radially inner rings of the bearing unit and a seal housed inside the groove of the spacer. The seal is “U” shaped, defines a volume internally and is configured to be mounted in the annular groove with the concavity directed towards the axis of symmetry of the bearing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Marco Giovanni Francesco Capozzi, Christian Kogler
  • Patent number: 9915347
    Abstract: A cassette seal having an internal ring with a cylindrical portion; a cover portion radially projecting from the cylindrical portion, and a covering portion axially projecting from the cover portion, wherein the covering portion is radially spaced from the cylindrical portion, and an external ring with axial flange, and a radial flange projecting in the internal ring direction, with a sealing body of an elastomeric material associated with the axial flange, wherein from the sealing body sealing lips are formed, wherein a first sealing lip with radial preload sealingly rests against the cylindrical portion's outer circumference, wherein a second sealing lip axially projects from the radial flange and extends in the direction of the covering portion's side facing the cylindrical portion, wherein a third sealing lip axially projects beyond the radial flange and on the outer circumference at least partly projects beyond the covering portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Stefano Miletto, Luca Breusa, Francesco Vignolo, Pasquale Angiulli, Antonio Turaglio
  • Patent number: 9879727
    Abstract: A seal for a bearing assembly, including: a longitudinal axis; a first portion arranged to engage an outer ring for the bearing assembly; and a second portion extending radially inward and in a first axial direction from the first portion. The second portion includes: a first lip arranged to contact a rotatable shaft passing through the bearing assembly; and a second lip located past the first lip in a second axial direction, opposite the first axial direction, and arranged to be separated, in a radial direction, from the rotatable shaft by a first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Alaa Makke, Michael Claassen
  • Patent number: 9829107
    Abstract: An oil sealing device for preventing a leakage of an oil of a bearing which supports a rotary shaft of a rotating machine has a brush member having a plurality of bristles in contact with the rotary shaft, and an actuator configured to move the brush member in a length direction of the rotary shaft, wherein a sloped surface having different heights along a length direction of the rotary shaft is formed at the rotary shaft, and wherein when the bristles are worn, the actuator moves the brush member in a length direction of the rotary shaft so that the bristles comes into contact with the sloped surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yong Bok Lee, Eo Jin Kim, Jeon Kook Lee
  • Patent number: 9788464
    Abstract: A power supply device supplies power to a substrate holder having a plurality of electrodes. The device includes a first fixed conductive member, a second fixed conductive member, a fixed insulating member fixed to an insulating housing portion and configured to insulate the first fixed conductive member from the second fixed conductive member, a first rotation conductive member, a second rotation conductive member, a rotation insulating member fixed to an insulating column portion and configured to insulate the first rotation conductive member from the second rotation conductive member, a first power supply member configured to supply a first voltage to the substrate holder via the first rotation conductive member and the first fixed conductive member, and a second power supply member configured to supply a second voltage to the substrate holder via the second rotation conductive member and the second fixed conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: CANON ANELVA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyosuke Sugi
  • Patent number: 9618117
    Abstract: An oil seal has a lip seal member, a slinger and a dust cover. The slinger has a thread groove carrying out a pumping action toward a diametrically outer side. The dust cover achieves a dust shake-off action by a centrifugal force at the shaft rotating time, and a labyrinth seal action by forming a micro gap in relation to the lip seal member. The lip seal member has a main lip and a dust lip. The elastic dust lip has a first bellows portion receiving an atmospheric pressure by an inner surface and receiving an internal pressure between the lips by an outer surface, a second bellows portion receiving the atmospheric pressure by an outer surface and receiving the internal pressure between the lips by an inner surface, and a lip end. A pressure receiving area of the first bellows portion is greater than the second bellows portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Takehiro Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9581037
    Abstract: The present application provide a seal for use between components engine facing a high pressure cooling air flow and a hot gas path in a gas turbine. The seal may include a first shim, a second shim with an air exit hole, one or more middle layers positioned between the first shim and the second shim, and one or more cooling pathways extending through the middle layers for the high pressure cooling air flow to pass therethrough and exit via the air exit hole into the hot gas path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Troy Hafner, Victor John Morgan, Jacob John Kittleson, Neelesh N. Sarawate
  • Patent number: 9534636
    Abstract: A structure which ensures a movement of a seal lip disposed in a seal lip is realized by preventing foreign matters from permeating a seal internal space between a slinger and a seal ring. A labyrinth seal is disposed between an outer peripheral edge of a rotary side annular portion configuring the slinger and an inner peripheral surface of a stationary side cylindrical portion of a metal insert configuring the seal ring. In addition, a thickened portion is formed in a portion of an elastic member configuring the seal ring over an entire periphery. An auxiliary seal lip whose rigidity is lower than that of respective seal lips is disposed in the thickened portion over the entire periphery. The auxiliary seal lip prevents the foreign matters from adhering to the seal lip, and prevents the movement of the seal lip from being hindered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Akinobu Takayama, Yasuhiro Shiono, Masamitsu Watanabe, Masayoshi Tanahashi, Hironari Sakoda
  • Patent number: 9505264
    Abstract: A cover for a wheel-hub bearing made of plastic is provided. The cover includes an end wall that is arranged transversely with respect to a central axis (X) and a cylindrical mounting wall, which extends axially from one side of the end wall around the axis (X). The cover also includes a snap-action step that projects in a radially outwards direction from the cylindrical wall for locking the cover on a tubular appendage of the bearing a resilient ring that is arranged between an annular shoulder portion of the cover and the tubular appendage to exert a resilient recall action on the snap-action step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Fausto Morello, Marcello Rossi
  • Patent number: 9227462
    Abstract: An outboard sealing system cooperates with components of a heavy-duty vehicle wheel end assembly to retain lubricant in the assembly. The sealing system includes a seal that is disposed axially between an outboard bearing and a hubcap of a wheel end assembly. The seal also extends radially between an axle spindle nut and a surface of a bore formed in the hub of the wheel end assembly. The seal forms a barrier between the outboard bearing and the hubcap to reduce a flow of lubricant from a hub cavity into the hubcap. The sealing system retains lubricant in the wheel end assembly, prevents contaminants from entering the wheel end assembly, and retains the relative position of the outboard bearing in the hub during servicing. The sealing system preferably includes an additional barrier that reduces corrosion at the interface of the hubcap and an outboard face of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Jay D. White, Dhawal Dharaiya
  • Patent number: 9121299
    Abstract: The present application provides an axially retractable seal system positioned within a seal slot of a stationary component and adjacent to a rotating component. The axially retractable seal system may include a seal with an upper flange positioned within the seal slot and one more bristles extending towards the rotating component and a spring positioned axially between the upper flange of seal and the seal slot such that the seal is forced into a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Andrew Paul Giametta
  • Patent number: 9074688
    Abstract: In a rotary shaft seal configured such that first and second seal elements (1) and (2) each having a fundamental thickness (T) and each curved through a curved wall portions (5) of a corresponding one of the first and second seal elements (1) and (2) to have a generally J-shaped cross section are arranged so as to be curved in opposite directions along a shaft center (L), a wide circumferential groove (7) is formed in each of opposed surfaces (6) of the respective curved wall portions (5) of the first and second seal elements (1) and (2). Under use conditions (where the seal is inserted), extreme end portions (8) of the first and second seal elements (1) and (2) are in contact with an outer circumferential surface (9a) of a rotary shaft (9) with a peak contact pressure such that a contact width (E) is equal to or less than twice the fundamental thickness (T).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobukazu Fujii, Hironori Oida
  • Patent number: 9062773
    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 seal is provided. The seal includes a mounting portion and a seal lip having a 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 in radially 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. The ribs minimize friction between the seal and the shaft during installation and prevent the seal lip from inverting during the oil-side installation assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Brent R. Sedlar, David M. Toth
  • Publication number: 20150091256
    Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing a space between a shaft and a housing includes a seal having a central axis, an inner annular sealing lip sealingly engageable with the shaft and an outer annular rim with an outer circumferential surfaces engageable with the housing inner surface. At least one and preferably two support members are disposed within the annular rim and at least one and preferably a plurality of adjustment devices are coupled with the support members. Each adjustment device is configured to displace at least a portion of each support member radially outwardly with respect to the central axis, to displace at least a portion of the rim generally toward the housing inner surface, and/or to displace at least a portion of each support member radially inwardly toward the central axis to permit displacement of at least a portion of the rim generally away from the housing inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yefim Epshetsky, John Manuel Dominguez
  • Patent number: 8985589
    Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing a space between a shaft and a housing includes a seal having a central axis, an inner annular sealing lip sealingly engageable with the shaft and an outer annular rim with an outer circumferential surfaces engageable with the housing inner surface. At least one and preferably two support members are disposed within the annular rim and at least one and preferably a plurality of adjustment devices are coupled with the support members. Each adjustment device is configured to displace at least a portion of each support member radially outwardly with respect to the central axis, to displace at least a portion of the rim generally toward the housing inner surface, and/or to displace at least a portion of each support member radially inwardly toward the central axis to permit displacement of at least a portion of the rim generally away from the housing inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Yefim Epshetsky, John Manuel Dominguez
  • Publication number: 20150061232
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement is disclosed herein. The follower shaft extends within a housing to interface with the housing and senses rotational movement of a base shaft. The sealing arrangement includes a mount member and a seal member. The mount member includes a first end attached to the housing, a second end defining a seal-receiving portion, and an opening throughout. The follower shaft extends through the opening. The seal member has an outer perimeter portion that is adapted to engage with the seal receiving portion. The seal member has an inner resilient portion adapted to seal the perimeter of the follower shaft. The second end of the mount member is structured and arranged to resiliently deflect in correspondence with the resilient inner portion of the seal member. This limits the deflection of the resilient inner portion of the seal member in response to radial movement of the follower shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Reed
  • Publication number: 20150050130
    Abstract: A sealing device between two axisymmetric coaxial parts, includes an elastic segment, two holding elements located on each side of the annular segment, an annular spacer arranged between the two holding elements, wherein the annular spacer has a notch around its peripheral rim; the annular elastic segment has a hooking element at each of its free ends, adapted to cooperate with the notch of the annular spacer, and to hold the elastic segment in a pre-holding position by elastic return force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Serge René Morreale, Arnaud Jean-Marie Pierrot
  • Patent number: 8956052
    Abstract: A sealed anti-friction bearing (1), including an annular sealing washer (11, 12) which seals a rolling-body chamber (7) in the axial direction, wherein the sealing washer (11, 12) has a fastening section (14) for connecting it fixedly to a bearing ring (2) of the anti-friction bearing (1) so as to rotate with it, and wherein the sealing washer (11, 12) is anchored with its fastening section (14) in a circumferential groove (22) of the bearing ring. According to the invention, it is provided that the fastening section (14) has a first clamping element in the form of a barb (19) and a second clamping element in the form of an annular bead (20), and that the barb (19) and the bead (20) enter into a non-positive connection with oppositely lying surfaces of the groove (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Felix Hofbauer, Rainer Schroder, Martin Grehn
  • Patent number: 8955850
    Abstract: An abeyance seal includes a polymer actuation ring, which defines a flexible sealing lip normally spaced from the shaft. When subjected to leakage, this element collapses against the shaft and forms an initial sealing. Secondarily, a metal sealing/anti-extrusion ring provides a second seal during leakage. The polymer ring provides the initial sealing function during leakage at low differential pressure, and once the polymer ring seals to the shaft, increased sealed pressure loads the polymer ring against the metal sealing/anti-extrusion ring causing it to deform so that the metal ring comes into contact with the shaft to form a second seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventors: James D. Saucerman, Lionel A. Young, Ronald L. Grace, John Davis, David Zegres
  • Patent number: 8944436
    Abstract: A radial shaft seal has a support body and at least one sealing element that is a part produced separate from the support body and is connected to the support body by an adhesive connection. A static seal part that is a part separate from the sealing element and is arranged on a wall of the support body is provided. Alternatively, the sealing element comprises an integral static seal part and the static seal part is formed by a radially projecting edge of the holding part of the sealing element that projects radially past the wall of the support body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: KACO GmbH + Co. KG
    Inventors: Klaus-Jürgen Uhrner, Roland Bleier
  • Patent number: 8918972
    Abstract: A shaft-sealing device comprising a sealing ring having a seal secured thereto, and a protective member engaged with the sealing ring. The said protective member includes a cylindrical member having a shaft-engaging surface and a seal-engaging surface, and an annular flange extends radially away from the shaft. The shaft-engaging surface is operable to be attached to the shaft during operation of the device, and the seal-engaging surface is operable to be in sealing contact with the seal during operation of the device. The annular flange is operable to engage the sealing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership
    Inventors: Darin Battles, John A. London
  • Patent number: 8919782
    Abstract: A dynamic lip seal is provided for sealing between a housing and a shaft and with a fluid medium to be sealed on an oil side and air on an air side of the seal. The seal includes a seal lip extending from a seal body and including a shaft contact portion adapted for engagement with the shaft and including a static band and a first set of spiral grooves disposed on an oil side of the static band, and a second set of spiral grooves on an air side of the static band. The first and second sets of spiral grooves are both configured to pump oil toward the static band when the shaft is rotated in a first direction, and the first and second sets of spiral grooves are both configured to pump oil away from the static band when the shaft is rotated in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership
    Inventor: Alexander Berdichevsky
  • Patent number: 8910948
    Abstract: A mounting guard ring for a sealing ring with at least one sealing lip, surrounding a sleeve-shaped protective ring with a supporting surface for the sealing lip disposed at the outer periphery and a holding device shaped as a grip, the protective ring being provided in at least one peripheral region with a first predetermined breaking site and being capable of being severed along the first predetermined breaking site by pulling on the holding device, the protective ring being closed off in sealing manner by a disk-shaped lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Martin Heldmann, Gunter Hintenlang, Uwe Henrich
  • Publication number: 20140353924
    Abstract: In described embodiments, a seal assembly is provided for sealing a space between a shaft and a housing. The shaft is rotatable about a central axis. The seal assembly includes an outer portion connectable with the housing and an inner portion releasably attached to the outer portion. The inner portion is replaceable with a replacement inner portion. A method for removing the inner portion from the outer portion is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Yefim Epshetsky
  • Patent number: 8894289
    Abstract: A sealing device for an axle bearing includes a lubricant maintained on sliding contact surfaces, thereby suppressing elevation of torque due to the depletion of grease. A lubricant-adsorbing layer comprises a thickener and a binder. The lubricant comprises a base oil and a thickener. The thickener and the thickener are mutually attracted. A lubricant layer of a prescribed thickness is formed on the lubricant-adsorbing layer. This lubricant layer adheres closely to the lubricant-adsorbing layer making it difficult to separate the lubricant layer from the lubricant-adsorbing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku Sakurai, Morinobu Kawamura
  • Patent number: 8851480
    Abstract: A lip type seal has a cartridge fitted to an inner periphery of a shaft hole, a first lip seal member, a case, a resin second lip seal member, a backup ring and an adapter, a protrusion section in a partial portion on a circumference is provided in a first flange section of the case to engage with the second lip seal member, whereby the second lip seal member is prevented from whirling with respect to the case and coming off to an inner side in a radial direction, and a projecting section in a partial portion on a circumference is provided in a flange section of the backup ring to engage with the second lip seal member, whereby the second lip seal member is prevented from whirling with respect to the backup ring and coming off to the inner side in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro Oiyama, Hideyuki Murakami, Yusaku Nakazono
  • Patent number: 8851481
    Abstract: A seal for sealing a space between a shaft and a housing, includes a base member coupled with one of the housing and the shaft and a generally annular, elastomeric sealing member sealingly contactable with the other one of the housing and the shaft. The sealing member is coupled with the base member such that the sealing member is circumferentially strained to reduce friction between the sealing member and the other one of the housing and the shaft. The seal assembly is preferably formed by providing a base member having a generally annular carrier portion and a generally annular, elastomeric sealing member, coupling the sealing member with the annular portion of the base member, and plastically deforming at least a section of the base member carrier portion such that the sealing member is circumferentially strained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Yefim Epshetsky, Alex Paykin, Michel Organisciak
  • Patent number: 8844935
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a bearing assembly. The sealing arrangement can include a static seal carrier coupled to a static component of the bearing assembly and including a first plurality of rings, a rotating seal carrier coupled to a rotating component of the bearing assembly and including a second plurality of rings, the first plurality of rings and the second plurality of rings disposed in an interdigitated arrangement so as to define a tortuous passageway therebetween, the tortuous passageway having one end in communication with a high pressure area of the bearing assembly and a second end in communication with a low pressure area of the bearing assembly, and a scraper seal coupled to the rotating seal carrier and disposed over the second end of the tortuous passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Gamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L.
    Inventor: Juan Redin
  • Patent number: 8814170
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Advics Co., Ltd., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Okamura, Junichi Fukuda, Yoshitake Hisada