Patents Examined by Eugene G. Byrd
  • Patent number: 10961858
    Abstract: A hydrostatic seal configured to be disposed between relatively rotatable components includes a base. The seal also includes a seal housing. The seal further includes a shoe operatively coupled to the base and extending axially from a forward end to an aft end. The seal yet further includes a plurality of teeth extending radially from a sealing surface of the shoe, one of the teeth being a longest tooth that extends furthest radially from the sealing surface, the axial distance from the forward end of the shoe to the longest tooth being greater than a radial distance from a radial tooth tip to the sealing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric A. Grover, Brian F. Hilbert, Daniel L. Gysling, Christopher W. Robak
  • Patent number: 10962142
    Abstract: A valve stem seal with significantly improved sealing performance while improving workability when fitting the valve stem seal to a valve stem guide. An inner peripheral surface of a fitting section 20B is provided with a plurality of annular seal protrusions which respectively include first inclined surfaces 25a and 26a each having a diameter that increases from a radially inward tip toward a seal section 20A side, and second inclined surfaces 25b and 26b each having a diameter that increases from a radially inward tip toward a side opposite to the seal section 20A. The first seal protrusion 25 which is closest to the seal section 20A is configured so that an inclination of the second inclined surface 25b is smaller than that of the first inclined surface 25a, and the second seal protrusion 26 which is farthest from the seal section 20A is configured so that an inclination of the first inclined surface 26a is smaller than that of the second inclined surface 26b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Oyama, Nobuhiro Nishimura, Hiroshi Onodera, Masamichi Kishiro
  • Patent number: 10962118
    Abstract: A seal assembly includes a seal nose, a bellows, and a plurality of bristles. The seal nose is configured to be in sealing contact with a rotating seal plate, the bellows extends between and couples the seal nose to a support structure, and the plurality of bristles extends from the support structure toward the bellows, with at least one bristle of the plurality of bristles being in contact with the bellows to damp vibration of the bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Duffy, Brady Walker
  • Patent number: 10940516
    Abstract: A sealing device includes a flexible seal (10), a source of gas (15), a gas inlet (14) into the seal, and a gas outlet (17) from the seal 10, 17 whereby gas flows through the seal. A cryogenic source cools the seal and the gas from the cryogen helps seal the seal to the roll and to keep the seal flexible as the gas flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Trevor Clark
  • Patent number: 10935142
    Abstract: A seal assembly is disclosed for sealing a higher pressure fluid cavity from a lower pressure fluid cavity. The seal assembly comprises a ceramic seal runner and a mounting assembly. The ceramic seal runner extends around an axial portion of a shaft. The mounting assembly is affixed to and carries the seal runner in axial and radial alignment with the shaft. The mounting assembly comprises an annular base member, a plurality of flexible members, and an annular sleeve member. The plurality of flexible members are circumferentially spaced about the base member and each extend radially outward from one end affixed to the base member in a direction opposite the direction of rotation of the shaft to a distal end. The annular sleeve member is positioned to engage the distal ends of the flexible members and a radially inner surface of the seal runner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: James Alfredo Bernacchi, Mark William Schubert, Joseph Black
  • Patent number: 10927960
    Abstract: A seal assembly is disclosed for sealing a higher pressure fluid cavity from a lower pressure fluid cavity. The seal assembly comprises a mounting assembly, a circumferential ceramic runner carried by the mount assembly, and a carbon seal ring sealingly engaged to the runner. The runner comprises an axially-extending sealing portion and a radially-inward-extending step portion. The mounting assembly comprises a retaining member, a forward member, and a middle member. The step portion of the runner is axially retained between the retaining member and the middle member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: James Bernacchi, Mark Schubert, Joseph Black
  • Patent number: 10927765
    Abstract: A seal segment (11) includes a seal body having a plurality of laminated thin plate seal pieces (20), and a high-pressure side plate (23). The high-pressure side plate (23) includes an outer diameter side edge portion (23b) which is an outer edge portion in the radial direction (Dr) and extends in a circular are shape in the circumferential direction (Dc), an inner diameter side edge portion (23c) which is an inner edge portion in a radial direction (Dr) and extends in a circular arc shape in the circumferential direction (Dc), and a front edge portion (23d) which is an edge portion on a front side in the rotational direction (Bc). The high-pressure side plate (23) further includes a reinforcing portion (40) only in a region of the high-pressure side plate (23) on the front side in the rotational direction (Bc).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Azumi Yoshida, Hidekazu Uehara, Shin Nishimoto, Naoya Tatsumi, Kohei Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10927955
    Abstract: A sealing element of a motor vehicle may include a body, at least one first region, and at least one second region. The at least one first region may be composed of a first material. The at least one second region may be composed of a second material having a higher chemical resistance than the first material. A distribution of the at least one first region and a distribution of the at least one second region in a cross-sectional profile of the body may be variable in a longitudinal direction extending perpendicular to the cross-sectional profile of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Juergen Stehlig, Pierre-Yves Guiton
  • Patent number: 10920914
    Abstract: Gasket seals for high pressure applications include retaining elements with inner diameter seal elements that interlock with the retaining element to provide resistance to movement in both axial and radial directions between the retaining element and seal element. High pressure sealing may be accomplished using a metallic core retaining element to which an electrically isolating material is bonded on either or both sides. Sealing is achieved through an inner diameter dielectric sealing element, such as a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) inner diameter sealing ring. Flanges of a joint in a fluid flow ling may be bolted together with the gasket seal interposed therebetween. In the event of pressure changes, the inner diameter seal resists being drawn into the flow line, and resists axial movement relative to the retaining element, through dual locking members that secure the seal to the retaining element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Garlock Pipeline Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Bander, Patrick Robertson, David Wittekind, T. Scott Tanner
  • Patent number: 10914382
    Abstract: A shaft sealing structure for a rotation shaft, includes a sealing ring having ends formed by removal of its part. The ends abutting each other are continuous in the circumferential direction when the sealing ring is reduced in diameter to a radially inner side. The sealing ring is provided along the circumferential direction of the rotation shaft so as to be contactable with an outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft. The structure also includes a pressing member configured to be movable between a pressing position and a retracted position; an elastic member configured to bias the pressing member toward the pressing position by elastic force; and a support member configured to support the pressing member at the retracted position against the elastic force, and to allow the pressing member to move to the pressing position at a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naotaka Komatsu, Takumi Hori, Yuichi Otani, Hidetaka Kafuku, Hiromu Okamoto, Shunsuke Tanaka, Yasushi Takayama, Tomoki Hanada
  • Patent number: 10900316
    Abstract: An annular seal for sealing an interface between a wellhead housing and a casing hanger. The annular seal includes a central body portion and a first pair of seal legs extending in a first direction from the central body portion. Each of the first pair of seal legs sealingly engages one of the wellhead housing or the casing hanger, and are further energized by bore pressure. The annular seal also includes a second pair of seal legs extending in a second direction from the central body portion. Each of the second pair of seal legs sealingly engages one of the wellhead housing or the casing hanger, and is further energized by annulus pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: VETCO GRAY INC.
    Inventors: David Lawrence Ford, Joseph William Pallini, Thomas Allen Fraser, Daniel Ralph Barnhart, Daniel Caleb Benson
  • Patent number: 10890255
    Abstract: Under a state in which the combination oil ring is mounted in an oil ring groove before inserted into a cylinder bore, when an inclined surface of an upper ear portion of an expander spacer is held in contact with an inner peripheral surface of an upper segment and an inclined surface of a lower ear portion of the expander spacer is held in contact with an inner peripheral surface of a lower segment, an upper protrusion amount (P1) from an outer peripheral-side end surface of the expander spacer to an outer peripheral surface vertex of the upper segment is larger than a lower protrusion amount (P2) from the outer peripheral-side end surface of the expander spacer to an outer peripheral surface vertex of the lower segment. When the combination oil ring is inserted into the cylinder bore, the sealing performance can be improved to reduce the oil consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TPR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seeroku Hoshino, Hirofumi Osada, Seiji Tamaki
  • Patent number: 10876672
    Abstract: A method and sealing gasket are shown for providing a sealing joint between a spigot section and a socket section of low pressure plastic pipe, such as drain waste vent pipe that require a minimum of tools and operational steps to complete. The sealing gasket is installed in one of the sections to be joined and the spigot section is inserted within a mouth opening of the socket section with the sections being pressed together in a single operation, thereby forming both the joint and the seal. The sealing gasket is a composite gasket made with one section of a hard plastic material and one section of a thermoplastic elastomer material. No glue or adhesive is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: S & B Technical Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Guido Quesada
  • Patent number: 10871233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an amphibious vehicle comprising a vehicle frame and a cab supported by said vehicle frame, said cab being connected to said vehicle frame via hinge means so as to allow tilting of said cab about said hinge means between a closed position and an open position, wherein said vehicle comprises a sealing arrangement comprising sealing means arranged to provide liquid tight sealing between the cab and the vehicle frame in said closed position, wherein in the closed position, the sealing arrangement is arranged to provide a confined space for protecting components of said vehicle enclosed inside said space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: BAE Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Björn Hellholm, Max Thorén, Pär Söderberg, Anders Söderholm
  • Patent number: 10871231
    Abstract: A sealing device 1 is provided with, on an atmospheric side A inclined surface 24 of a seal lip, a forward direction screw 26 which extends in a direction of forming an angle of attack with respect to a direction Z of forward rotation of a rotation shaft 2 and exerts pumping action with respect to sealing target fluid during the forward rotation of the rotation shaft 2, and a reverse direction screw 27 which extends in a direction of forming an angle of attack with respect to a direction of reverse rotation of the rotation shaft 2 and exerts pumping action with respect to the sealing target fluid during the reverse rotation of the rotation shaft 2, in which a droplet prevention screw 29 for the sealing target fluid is provided on the reverse direction screw 27 side of the inclined surface 24 so as to be positioned in a region for forming the angle of attack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoyuki Honma
  • Patent number: 10865657
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for sealing between an oil cavity and an air cavity of a gas turbine is provided. The sealing assembly comprising a seal having a seal element and a circumferential seal housing receiving the seal element. The seal housing has an annulus extending circumferentially around a center axis, radially between an outer periphery and an inner periphery, and axially along the center axis between a first surface and a second surface. The seal housing has a collecting channel defined circumferentially in the inner periphery about the center axis and a draining pocket defined in a portion of the seal housing configured and disposed to in use collect liquid oil during engine operation. The draining pocket extends from the collecting channel to the first surface and configured to communicate collected liquid oil from the collecting channel to the oil cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Maksim Pankratov
  • Patent number: 10859165
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a ring, a top portion, and a bottom portion. The apparatus further comprises a first leg and a second leg. In addition, the apparatus comprises a horizontal portion. The horizontal portion connects the first leg and the second leg. The legs and horizontal portion, together with an adhesive, overlay and sealingly engage the top rim of a flush valve wall, which is part of a toilet flush valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Lavelle Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin J. Guthrie
  • Patent number: 10844959
    Abstract: An expansion joint seal proving a flexible barrier therethrough in a concave shape with a first body of compressible foam on one side and a second body of compressible foam on the other side, where the barrier extends laterally from the first body and second body and may be used to protect the sides of the expansion joint seal or may be used to provide contact on the surface of each adjacent substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Schul International Co., LLC
    Inventors: Steven R. Robinson, Brian J. Iske, Derek J. Iske, Nicholas A. Fiorilla, Joel R. Ballou
  • Patent number: 10844958
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a gasket capable of improving cooling efficiency with a simpler configuration while keeping performance of the gasket and a manufacturing method thereof. A gasket includes a first annular portion which is formed by a metal wire woven fabric obtained by weaving a first metal wire and includes a seal target hole and a main body portion which is in contact with an outer peripheral edge of the first annular portion, in which the first metal wire forming the first annular portion and the first metal wire forming the main body portion are entangled with each other and a second metal wire is woven together with the first metal wire forming the first annular portion to form the first annular portion as a high thermal conduction region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ISHIKAWA GASKET CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 10844957
    Abstract: A gasket and a method for manufacturing thereof which can improve durability by maintaining a surface pressure over a long period of time is provided. A gasket is formed by a first annular portion including a sealing object hole formed by a metal wire weave wherein a metal wire is braided; and a main member portion contacting an outer circumferential edge of the first annular portion. A metal wire forming the first annular portion and a metal wire forming the main member portion are respectively interlaced, and a compressive stress in an x direction of the metal wire weave forming the first annular portion differs from a compressive stress in the x direction of the metal wire weave forming the main member portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: ISHIKAWA GASKET CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Kinoshita