Patents Examined by Eugene G. Byrd
  • Patent number: 11261969
    Abstract: A sealing assembly having a seal casing. A decreased diameter portion extends inboard from at least a portion of a first end portion of the substantially cylindrical portion and an axially extending portion extends inboard from at least a portion of a second end portion of the decreased diameter portion of the casing. One or more first sealing portions having one or more static sealing ribs extend from at least a portion of an outer surface of the substantially cylindrical portion. One or more second sealing portions are integrally connected to at least a portion of the decreased diameter portion, the axially extending portion and/or an inner surface of the substantially cylindrical portion. The one or more second sealing portions have a retaining member sealing surface with one or more sealing member retention ribs extending from at least a portion of an outer surface of the retaining member sealing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC
    Inventors: David A. Brock, Stephen J. Carr, Cody P. Jennings
  • Patent number: 11248705
    Abstract: A flexible seal is used to seal between two adjacent gas turbine components. The flexible seal includes at least one metal ply having a forward end, an aft end axially separated from the forward end, and an intermediate portion between the forward end and the aft end. The intermediate portion defines a continuous curve in the circumferential direction, such that the aft end is circumferentially, and optionally radially, offset from the forward end. A plurality of relief cuts is defined through the at least one metal ply between the forward end and the aft end to increase flexibility and improve sealing in seal slots that are radially offset from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Neelesh Nandkumar Sarawate, Christopher Walter Falcone
  • Patent number: 11242930
    Abstract: A seal structure includes an elastic body and a cap which are located in a boundary between a first component and a second component that seal and define a gas flow path. The flow path is defined by a first through hole in the first component and a second through hole in the second component, the elastic body has a loop-shaped second opening which overlaps with a first opening of the first through hole, and the cap covers the elastic body such that the first opening, the second opening, and a third opening of the cap overlap with each other. The cap is fitted into a groove in the first surface and is in close contact with the second surface. The cap and second component are in close contact with each other to have slidability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventor: Ryota Sakane
  • Patent number: 11235964
    Abstract: A sealing system for food applications that provides a housing element with two or more bolts and respective holes for clamping. A flanged element is clamped to a frame of a machine, and a rubber seal placed along the base perimeter of the housing element. The seal includes a first portion of the rubber profile placed in the areas distant from the holes and a second portion of the rubber profile adjacent to the holes. The rubber profile of the second portion has a larger cross section than that of the first portion, such that the deformations of the rubber profile are made virtually uniform to prevent the formation of fractures, and therefore of bacteria traps, in the rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Inventors: Alessio Nebbia Colomba, Fausto Baracca, Fabio Falaschi, Pasquale Frezza
  • Patent number: 11236829
    Abstract: A sealing ring includes: a lip ring, with at least one sealing lip; and a supporting ring. The lip ring and the supporting ring are connected to one another. The lip ring and the supporting ring each are formed from an elastomeric material. A modulus of elasticity of the lip ring is smaller than a modulus of elasticity of the supporting ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventor: Simon Watling
  • Patent number: 11235407
    Abstract: Provided are a soldering apparatus that allows a gasket to be easily attached to and detached from the soldering apparatus, and a method of fixing the gasket to the soldering apparatus. The soldering apparatus includes: a furnace body; a gasket that is provided to at least a part of the furnace body, and that seals the furnace body; and a push rivet that fixes the gasket in an attachable/detachable manner to the furnace body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: SENJU METAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsutomu Hiyama
  • Patent number: 11231108
    Abstract: Provided is a composite seal member that can maintain performance such as vacuum seal performance, plasma resistance, and corrosive gas resistance over a long period. The composite seal member is mounted in a seal groove provided in a body surface of a first member, and establishes a sealed state between the first member and a second member when the second member is moved closer toward the first member. The composite seal member includes a first seal member disposed on the side of a first side wall of the seal groove and made of an elastic member, and a second seal member disposed on the side of a second side wall of the seal groove and made of a material that is harder than the first seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Valqua, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangho Kim, Michi Kuroda, Nobuhiro Yoshida, Ippei Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11231131
    Abstract: A seal is described for sealing a fairlead of an object through a (housing) wall, wherein the seal surrounds the object with form fit at least in the area of the housing fairlead. The seal has an insulating rib encircling its circumference and a hydrophobic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: DIPL.-ING. H. HORSTMANN GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Burkhardt, Meinolf Gerick
  • Patent number: 11215021
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an anchoring and sealing tool. In one aspect, downhole tool for use in a wellbore is provided. The tool includes a tubular having a tapered outer surface. The tool further includes an expandable annular member disposed on the tubular. The expandable member has an anchor portion. The tool further includes a seal member disposed in a groove of the expandable annular member. The seal member has one or more anti-extrusion bands, wherein the seal member and the anchor portion are configured to be expandable radially outward into contact with the wellbore as the expandable annular member moves along the tapered outer surface of the tubular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: George Givens, Rocky A. Turley
  • Patent number: 11215285
    Abstract: A seal includes an at least partially cylindrical annular body defining a radial direction, an axial direction, and a circumferential direction. The at least partially cylindrical annular body has a radially outer flange, a radially inner ring, and a resilient intermediate portion joining the radially outer flange to the radially inner ring. The radially outer flange defines a seal outer diameter and a flange axial thickness, and a ratio of the seal outer diameter to the flange axial thickness ranges from 14.0 to 15.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan Patrick Morge, Pradeep Chapagain, Andrew R. Stodgel
  • Patent number: 11209086
    Abstract: A seal system has: a first member; a seal carried by the first member and having a seal face; and a second member rotatable relative to the first member about an axis. The second member has: a seat, the seat having a seat face in sliding sealing engagement with the seal face; and a circumferential array of passageway legs open to the seat face; and an oil pump for delivering oil via one or more first outlets to the passageway legs in at least a first mode of operation. The oil pump is coupled to one or more second outlets to deliver oil to a backside of the seat in at least a second mode of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Todd A. Davis, William G. Sheridan
  • Patent number: 11199263
    Abstract: A contacting seal for a gas turbine engine include a seal element rotationally fixed relative to an axis of rotation, and a seal seat configured to rotate circumferentially about an axis of rotation and contact the seal element at an interface surface of the seal seat. The seal seat includes an interface component including a seat wall including the interface surface and a seat cavity surface opposite the interface surface, such that a wall thickness of the interface component is defined therebetween. A cover component is secured to the interface component, the cover component including a cover cavity surface. The seat cavity surface and the cover cavity surface define a cooling cavity therebetween configured such that a flow of fluid therethrough cools the interface component via contact between the coolant and the seat cavity surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Armando Amador, Ernest Boratgis
  • Patent number: 11193588
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sealing ring assembly having a sealing ring and a reinforcement, configured to seal a high-pressure region from a lower pressure region of a piston and cylinder device. The sealing ring may be segmented, and a metal layer, wire, or other reinforcement may be affixed to the ring. The reinforcement is placed into tension against the sealing ring, which is correspondingly placed into compression. The composite structure of a relatively brittle sealing ring and reinforcement provides for reduced tensile loads in the sealing ring, thus extending life and reducing the likelihood of failure. The brittle portion of the sealing ring assembly may include a polymer or ceramic such as graphite, which is relatively less strong in tension than compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Mainspring Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Svrcek, Jodie Prudhomme, Jerry DeJong, Tom Hasler
  • Patent number: 11193591
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a system comprising: a rotatable seal runner, a stationary sealing member that includes a base and a nose that extends from the base in an axial direction and interfaces with the seal runner, a carrier that supports the sealing member, and a tab coupled to the carrier, where the tab extends from the carrier in the axial direction towards the seal runner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Mark T. Sommers
  • Patent number: 11168573
    Abstract: A circumferential seal assembly for use between a higher pressure side and a lower pressure side is presented. The seal assembly includes a primary sealing ring, a second sealing ring, a third sealing ring, and an insert. The segmented primary sealing ring sealingly engages both a face sealing surface along a housing and a radial sealing surface along a rotatable element. The insert is disposed within and directly contacts the housing. The second sealing ring is adjacent to the primary sealing ring and sealingly engages both the primary sealing ring and the insert. The segmented third sealing ring contacts and sealingly engages the primary sealing ring opposite the housing. The insert, the second sealing ring, and the third sealing ring cooperate to form a first cavity adjacent to the second sealing ring and the third sealing ring. The primary sealing ring, the second sealing ring, the insert, and the housing cooperate to form a second cavity adjacent to the primary sealing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Stein Seal Company
    Inventor: Glenn M. Garrison
  • Patent number: 11162591
    Abstract: A seal ring assembly for a rotor shaft includes a seal casing defining a radially inwardly directed channel. The seal ring is disposed in the radially inwardly directed channel of the seal casing. The seal ring is resiliently joined about the shaft to form a seal, and the seal ring comprises an electrically insulating or dissipative material or a non-metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Martin, James Jonathan Grant, Anthony James George, Eric Steven Buskirk, Daniel James Fitzmorris
  • Patent number: 11162585
    Abstract: A piston assembly for an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder bore and a piston having exactly two ring grooves, a scraper ring positioned in the upper ring groove, and an oil control ring positioned in the lower ring groove. A constant twist occurs in the scraper ring about a rotational center of the cross-section, the constant twist occurring at each cross-sectional location of the scraper ring about the circumference of the ring and between adjacent free ends of the ring. The oil control ring can be of a multi-segmented U-flex design, with a coil spring mounted in a channel thereof. The combination of the two rings leads to improved sealing and oil control so that the piston can be manufactured with only two rings, thus reducing overall weight and cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Fabio Mendes De Araujo, Erich John Rabassa, Jason Bieneman, Ashfaque Ahamed
  • Patent number: 11149853
    Abstract: A gasket is disclosed that includes an edge structure and a honeycomb structure surrounded by the edge structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yi-Pai Chu, Liang-Chun Ma
  • Patent number: 11148649
    Abstract: A master cylinder includes a seal defining a feeding channel and an exterior of a cylinder main body having an inner circumferential lip portion which protrudes from a toric base portion and comes into sliding contact with an outer circumferential surface of a piston, and an outer circumferential lip portion which abuts a circumferential groove of the cylinder main body. The inner circumferential lip portion has a length in a piston axis direction longer than the outer circumferential lip portion. The circumferential groove has an inclined surface portion formed in a circumferential wall on the feeding channel side such that a groove width increases from a groove bottom portion toward a groove opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Owada
  • Patent number: 11125364
    Abstract: Gaskets for sealing two mating surfaces have an inner ring positioned between two inner sealing deformable layers and an outer ring positioned exterior and concentric to the inner ring, the outer ring positioned between two outer sealing deformable layers. The two inner sealing deformable layers are configured to compress a greater amount than the two outer sealing deformable layers when a compressive force is applied. In a compressed configuration, the two inner sealing deformable layers fill in the crevices of the mating surfaces of a corroded flange connection thereby avoiding immediate maintenance for the damaged flanges. The inner and outer rings have grooves and ridges on upper and lower surfaces to retain and receive portions of the inner and outer sealing deformable layers in a sealed flange connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: LGC US ASSET HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Gary Briggs