Patents Assigned to Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
  • Publication number: 20260201953
    Abstract: Seal assemblies and systems and their components can be used as pre-packaged seals when installed in a cylinder or cartridge. The seal assemblies have can include restrictor blocks to restrict fluid flow. Sealing washers can be included to add sealing points. In a pre-packaged configuration, the cylinder can be a straight cylinder, a stepped cylinder, or a split cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2026
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Applicant: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Farshid Dilmaghanian, Miquel Balta, Calvin Wong, Constantijn van de Pas
  • Publication number: 20260185564
    Abstract: Seal assemblies, bearing assemblies, and gaskets and their components can be used as pre-packaged systems or assemblies inside a can housing. Gaskets or washers to restrict flow and gaskets or washers with memory lips to operate as sealing lips can be included to increase the number of sealing points inside the pre-packaged systems. In a pre-packaged configuration, the cylinder can be a straight cylinder, a stepped cylinder, or a split cylinder. Bearing assemblies can be pre-packaged with the sealing assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2026
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Constantijn van de Pas
  • Patent number: 12486902
    Abstract: A seal assembly can include a sealing component and a spring energizer located within a seal cavity or spring cavity of the sealing component. The sealing component provides an exterior surface for providing protection of the seal cavity and spring energizer from an external or contaminated environment, such as the atmosphere. The sealing component can have two distinct first and second sealing points. Each distinct first sealing point can have two discrete first sealing points and each second sealing point can have two discrete second sealing points. Part of the spring energizer can extend externally of the sealing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Grant, David Wang
  • Publication number: 20250334181
    Abstract: A seal assembly with a housing having an outlet opening and a working component disposed therein for opening and closing the outlet opening to regulate fluid flow through the outlet opening. The working component can include a locking cap, seal element, a shaft, and a locking ring. The locking ring can optionally be integrated with the seal element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Applicant: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Farshid Dilmaghanian, Robert Valdez
  • Publication number: 20250180121
    Abstract: Seal assemblies, gaskets, bearing assemblies, and their components can be used as pre-packaged seal systems and pre-packaged seal and bearing systems. The seal assemblies can be orientated in different configurations for different applications. Gaskets or washers to restrict flow and gaskets or washers with memory lips to operate as sealing lips can be included to increase the number of sealing points. In a pre-packaged configuration, the cylinder can be a straight cylinder, a stepped cylinder, or a split cylinder. Bearing assemblies can be pre-packaged with the sealing assemblies and service grease may optionally be used to provide lubrication and limit fluid incursion into the spring cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Applicant: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Miquel Balta, Marc Soriano, Serdar Eren
  • Patent number: 12247663
    Abstract: Seal assemblies, gaskets, bearing assemblies, and their components can be used as pre-packaged seal systems and pre-packaged seal and bearing systems. The seal assemblies can be orientated in different configurations for different applications. Gaskets or washers to restrict flow and gaskets or washers with memory lips to operate as sealing lips can be included to increase the number of sealing points. In a pre-packaged configuration, the cylinder can be a straight cylinder, a stepped cylinder, or a split cylinder. Bearing assemblies can be pre-packaged with the sealing assemblies and service grease may optionally be used to provide lubrication and limit fluid incursion into the spring cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Miquel Balta
  • Publication number: 20240384761
    Abstract: An integrated seal and bearing assemblies with a bearing assembly having an outer ring defining an outside diameter of the bearing assembly and an inner ring defining an inside diameter of the bearing assembly, and having a plurality of rolling elements located between the inner and outer rings. A seal assembly having a sealing element is integrated with the bearing assembly by engaging an extended flange with an internal channel of the seal element, with a sealing extended flange, or directed with complementary surfaces of the outside flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Miquel Balta, Peter Essing
  • Publication number: 20240141996
    Abstract: Seal assemblies, gaskets, bearing assemblies, and their components can be used as pre-packaged seal systems and pre-packaged seal and bearing systems. The seal assemblies can be orientated in different configurations for different applications. Gaskets or washers to restrict flow and gaskets or washers with memory lips to operate as sealing lips can be included to increase the number of sealing points. In a pre-packaged configuration, the cylinder can be a straight cylinder, a stepped cylinder, or a split cylinder. Bearing assemblies can be pre-packaged with the sealing assemblies and service grease may optionally be used to provide lubrication and limit fluid incursion into the spring cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Miquel Balta
  • Publication number: 20240141995
    Abstract: Seal assemblies, gaskets, bearing assemblies, and their components can be used as pre-packaged seal systems and pre-packaged seal and bearing systems. The seal assemblies can be orientated in different configurations for different applications. Gaskets to restrict flow and gaskets with memory lips to operate as sealing lips can be included to increase the number of sealing points. In a pre-packaged configuration, the cylinder can be a straight cylinder, a stepped cylinder, or a split cylinder. Bearing assemblies can be pre-packaged with the sealing assemblies and service grease may optionally be used to provide lubrication and limit fluid incursion into the spring cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Miquel Balta, Marc Soriano, Serdar Eren
  • Patent number: 11940049
    Abstract: Seal assemblies, gaskets, bearing assemblies, and their components can be used as pre-packaged seal systems and pre-packaged seal and bearing systems. The seal assemblies can be orientated in different configurations for different applications. Gaskets to restrict flow and gaskets with memory lips to operate as sealing lips can be included to increase the number of sealing points. In a pre-packaged configuration, the cylinder can be a straight cylinder, a stepped cylinder, or a split cylinder. Bearing assemblies can be pre-packaged with the sealing assemblies and service grease may optionally be used to provide lubrication and limit fluid incursion into the spring cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Miquel Balta, Marc Soriano, Serdar Eren
  • Patent number: 11746906
    Abstract: Seal assemblies, gaskets, bearing assemblies, and their components can be used as pre-packaged seal systems and pre-packaged seal and bearing systems. The seal assemblies can be orientated in different configurations for different applications. Gaskets to restrict flow and gaskets with memory lips to operate as sealing lips can be included to increase the number of sealing points. In a pre-packaged configuration, the cylinder can be a straight cylinder, a stepped cylinder, or a split cylinder. Bearing assemblies can be pre-packaged with the sealing assemblies and service grease may optionally be used to provide lubrication and limit fluid incursion into the spring cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Miquel Balta, Marc Soriano, Serdar Eren
  • Patent number: 11680642
    Abstract: A seal assembly can include a sealing component and a spring energizer located within a seal cavity or spring cavity of the sealing component. The sealing component provides an exterior surface for providing protection of the seal cavity and spring energizer from an external or contaminated environment, such as the atmosphere. The sealing component can have two distinct first and second sealing points. Each distinct first sealing point can have two discrete first sealing points and each second sealing point can have two discrete second sealing points. Part of the spring energizer can extend externally of the sealing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Brandon Grant, David Wang
  • Publication number: 20230096497
    Abstract: An integrated seal and bearing assemblies with a bearing assembly having an outer ring defining an outside diameter of the bearing assembly and an inner ring defining an inside diameter of the bearing assembly, and having a plurality of rolling elements located between the inner and outer rings. A seal assembly having a sealing element is integrated with the bearing assembly by engaging an extended flange with an internal channel of the seal element, with a sealing extended flange, or directed with complementary surfaces of the outside flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Miquel Balta, Peter Essing
  • Patent number: 11536373
    Abstract: Spring energized seal assemblies each with one or two sealing elements and a canted coil spring located in a spring cavity of the sealing element or of the two sealing elements to bias an inner flange and an outer flange of the respective spring cavity away from one another. The canted coil springs can have un-conventional coil shapes with one or more straight coil segments and/or with curved connecting ends. The coils can have dimples to provide multiple biasing points. The coils can have loops. The canted coil springs with un-conventional coil shapes can be used to improve spring loading on a sealing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Lluis Soler, Derek Changsrivong, Peter J Balsells, Stephen Rust, Mike Foster, Tony Quach
  • Patent number: 11480250
    Abstract: V-springs each with a plurality of V-bodies and wherein each V-body has two legs, one shorter than the other. Seal assemblies each with a sealing element having a spring cavity and having a V-spring located therein, the V-spring having a plurality of V-bodies and wherein each V-body each comprising two legs, a long leg that is longer in length than a short leg. The long leg, the short leg, or both long and short legs of the V-bodies can each have one or more bends or inflection points to change a projection of the long leg, the short leg, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Peter J. Balsells
  • Publication number: 20220181833
    Abstract: A method of making a connector assembly includes attaching two stamped housing sections together to form a connector housing having a housing groove with a groove bottom and two side walls and providing the connector housings with a spring used as a mechanical connector and/or as an electrical connector for numerous applications and across numerous industries. The groove geometries can easily be altered using different stamping dies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Farshid Dilmaghanian, Peter J. Balsells, Majid Ghasiri, Derek Changsrivong
  • Patent number: 11353079
    Abstract: A spring assembly with two or more springs, one inside another. The spring assembly can have two springs wherein one spring is located inside another spring, and the outer spring can be a helical ribbon spring and the inner spring can be a canted coil spring to provide support to the outer helical ribbon spring. Support is provided where the helical ribbon spring may have some limitations that the inner spring is able to overcome. Limitations of the helical ribbon spring may be a limited force versus deflection curve which the additional spring support of the secondary spring may overcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Whitford, Farshid Dilmaghanian
  • Patent number: 11296475
    Abstract: A method of making a connector assembly includes attaching two stamped housing sections together to form a connector housing having a housing groove with a groove bottom and two side walls and providing the connector housings with a spring used as a mechanical connector and/or as an electrical connector for numerous applications and across numerous industries. The groove geometries can easily be altered using different stamping dies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventors: Farshid Dilmaghanian, Peter J. Balsells, Majid Ghasiri, Derek Changsrivong
  • Patent number: 11258147
    Abstract: An assembly includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide extending longitudinally along a first axis, each having an end, each comprising a first annular groove, the two ends being contiguous along the first axis, and an assembly device for assembling the first waveguide and the second waveguide, wherein the assembly device comprises a sleeve surrounding the ends of the first and second waveguides and having an inner wall comprising two first annular grooves facing the first annular grooves of the first and second waveguides, two reversibly deformable waveguides, each being positioned in a first annular groove of the sleeve and positioned in a first annular groove of the first and second waveguides, so as to block the first and second waveguides in terms of translation along the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: THALES, BAL SEAL ENGINEERING, LLC
    Inventors: Olivier Vendier, Bertrand Brevart, Gilbert Fouctiere, Stéphane Forestier, Didier Dupuy, Brandon Grant
  • Publication number: 20220034349
    Abstract: Connector housings and connector assemblies for mechanically connecting a pin to a housing with or without electrical conductivity. A connector housing can be formed by attaching two housing sections together with one or both housing sections formed at least in part by a stamping process. The connector housing can have an outer contour, such as an outer perimeter, with one or more sides and with a joining section connecting two adjacent sides together. The two or more sides can be used for handling, aligning, and/or assembling of the connector housing to a cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Bal Seal Engineering, LLC
    Inventor: Majid Ghasiri