Patents Examined by Nicholas L Foster
  • Patent number: 12292115
    Abstract: A sealing structure has a sealing device which is a plane seal disposed in an annular groove provided in one of two members and which seals the annular gap between the two members. The sealing device includes a seal member made of a rubber-shaped elastic body and disposed on a high-pressure side and a backup ring made of a resin mounted adjacent to the seal member on a low-pressure side of the seal member. The backup ring has a ring-like shape with ends in which a notch is formed in a part thereof, and the notch extends parallel to the thickness direction of the backup ring, and extends so as to intersect the radial direction of the backup ring. The seal member and the backup ring are disposed between the two members in a state of being pressurized from the two members, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiromasa Ichikawa, Eizo Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12292113
    Abstract: A first plate portion abuts against a cylinder head and has a substantially constant plate thickness. A second plate portion abuts against a cylinder block and has a substantially constant plate thickness. An intermediate plate portion is sandwiched between the first plate portion and the second plate portion and has a substantially constant plate thickness. A shim is sandwiched between the first plate portion and the intermediate plate portion and is disposed over an entire periphery of a peripheral edge of a combustion chamber hole. The shim includes a gradually changing portion. The gradually changing portion has a thickness in the hole axis direction that becomes thicker with a separation from the peripheral edge of the combustion chamber hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Keisuke Nishimura
  • Patent number: 12292117
    Abstract: A sealing device for a shaft passing through a partition wall includes a housing having an opening for a shaft to pass through, and an annular groove. The sealing device also has a rigid ring arranged with axial and radial play in the annular groove of the housing and having a through-opening for the shaft to pass through, and an annular groove on an inner circumferential surface of said through-opening. The sealing device also has an elastic ring arranged in the annular groove of the rigid ring, and a sliding band for bearing against the shaft, which is arranged circumferentially on the inner circumferential surface of the through opening of the rigid ring and covers the annular groove of the rigid ring and the elastic ring arranged therein, the elastic ring being urged against the sliding band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Geislinger Group GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Geislinger, Cornelius Geislinger, Christof Sigle
  • Patent number: 12287035
    Abstract: Provided is a self-cooling device sealed with a magnetic liquid, related to the field of mechanical engineering sealing technology. The device includes: a tank body, a pole-tooth, a rotary shaft, a magnetic liquid, a first gasket ring, a second gasket ring, a first pole-shoe, a permanent magnet, a third gasket ring, a second pole-shoe, a fourth gasket ring, a fan, a bolt, an end cover, a second U-shape soaking rod, and a first U-shape soaking rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Decai Li, Zhibin Wang, Xinzhi He, Zulong Yang
  • Patent number: 12286815
    Abstract: An LED display screen lock includes a handle, a lock seat and a lock core. The lock seat includes a base, a through hole and a pin slidably disposed on the base. The lock core is rotatably disposed on the handle and received in the through hole. A locking hole is formed on the lock core and the pin is inserted in the locking hole. An unlocking portion is disposed on a circumference of the handle. The unlocking portion is abutted against the pin, in order to drive the pin to exit the locking hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: UNILUMIN GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yulong Xiao
  • Patent number: 12281702
    Abstract: A non-metallic engine case inlet compression seal for a gas turbine engine includes a non-metallic longitudinal leg section that extends from the non-metallic arcuate interface section and a non-metallic mount flange section that extends from the longitudinal leg section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony R. Bifulco
  • Patent number: 12281709
    Abstract: Provided is a piston ring including: a low-pressure side ring; and a high-pressure side ring, the low-pressure side ring and the high-pressure side ring are arranged stacked in a direction along the axis so that the high-pressure side ring is closer to a fluid to be compressed, a low-pressure side rotation restriction part configured to restrict rotation in the circumferential direction relative to the piston is formed to the low-pressure side ring, a high-pressure side rotation restriction part configured to restrict rotation in the circumferential direction relative to the piston and a low-pressure side protrusion protruding toward the low-pressure side ring and inserted in the low-pressure side abutment are formed to the high-pressure side ring, and the low-pressure side protrusion is inserted in a low-pressure side abutment with clearances being provided in both sides in the circumferential direction between the low-pressure side ring and the low-pressure side protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., KABUSHIKI KAISHA RIKEN
    Inventors: Motoshi Harada, Kenji Nakamichi, Yuichi Kihara, Kimihiko Mitsuda, Hideaki Asai, Jun Fukada, Daisuke Hirayama
  • Patent number: 12276338
    Abstract: An annular sliding component includes a sliding surface provided with a plurality of fluid introduction grooves communicating with a space on the side of a sealing target fluid and introducing the sealing target fluid thereinto and a plurality of inclined grooves extending from a leakage side toward the sealing target fluid and generating a dynamic pressure and the sliding surface of the sliding component is provided with a reverse inclined groove which is provided on the side of the sealing target fluid of the inclined groove, extends in a reverse direction with respect to the inclined groove, and generates a dynamic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: EAGLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Negishi, Ryosuke Uchiyama, Hiroki Inoue, Minori Onuma, Yoshiaki Takigahira, Hikaru Katori, Nobuo Nakahara, Takeshi Hosoe
  • Patent number: 12258794
    Abstract: A motor vehicle latch, in particular to a motor vehicle door latch, which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a catch and a pawl. Furthermore, a release lever rotatable about an axis of rotation is provided for the locking mechanism. In addition, an electromotive opening drive and a handle connected to a connecting means are provided. In order to open the locking mechanism, the opening drive acts by motor on the release lever, while the handle, including the connecting means, alternatively or additionally acts manually on the release lever. According to the invention, the opening drive acts on the release lever radially on the inside relative to the axis of rotation, and the connecting means acts on said release lever radially on the outside in relation to said axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Robert J. Hunt
  • Patent number: 12253172
    Abstract: An electrically isolating gasket is disclosed wherein a coating layer is disposed on at least one conductive surface, and in some embodiments, on all surfaces or at least all of the conductive surfaces. The electrically isolating gasket includes a core gasket component, a ring seal component, and a non-conductive inner seal component. The coating layer can be, for example, polyimide, polyamide, ceramic, and aluminum oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: GPT INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Brown, Ryan Buttimer, T. Scott Tanner, Christopher Remley
  • Patent number: 12253173
    Abstract: A seal assembly for a rotating shaft of a device. The seal assembly configured to prevent the passage of a fluid along the rotating shaft. The seal assembly including a seal housing surrounding the rotating shaft and a drive ring mounted onto the rotating shaft via a drive collar. The drive collar is configured to be nested within a rotor assembly, and the rotor assembly is disposed within the seal housing. The drive collar includes a flange configured to impart torque the rotor assembly when the rotating shaft rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Woodex Bearing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Corey Vincent, Matthew Potvin
  • Patent number: 12247660
    Abstract: A grommet apparatus for cable passage is provided at a component opening. It includes a radially circumferential connecting portion for connecting the grommet apparatus to an edge region of a component opening in an assembly direction and a cable passage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Albert Sbongk, Gerit Vollmer
  • Patent number: 12234911
    Abstract: A seal assembly includes a cap and a seal. The cap includes an engagement structure and a flange. The engagement structure is configured to couple the cap to an enclosure. The flange defines a plurality of openings that are open through a first side of the flange and a second side of the flange. The seal includes a seal body and a plurality of bosses. The seal body engages the second side of the flange and includes a plurality of bosses. Each boss is positioned in a respective opening of the plurality of openings. The seal is compressible against the flange from a relaxed state in which the bosses are flush with the first side of the flange or recessed within the openings and a compressed state in which each boss extends from the respective opening beyond the first side of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Robert Rink, Nathaniel Conti, Samuel Jeffrey Tomlinson
  • Patent number: 12234913
    Abstract: A sealing assembly for bearings, in particular for use in agriculture, comprising a primary sealing barrier and a secondary sealing barrier, which are arranged in series along a potential path (P) of ingress of contaminants into the bearing, and have, respectively, a first seal and a second seal with a plurality of contact lips. The contact lips of the first and second seal with a plurality of contact lips may be static lips that do not rotate about an axis (A) of rotation of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Stellario Barbera, Giorgia D'Amico, Claudio Foti
  • Patent number: 12215789
    Abstract: A labyrinth seal according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a first structure including seal fins located at intervals in an axial direction; and a second structure opposed to the first structure, a radial gap being between each seal fin and the second structure. The second structure is such that when each seal fin is regarded as a reference, a portion of the second structure which is located downstream of the seal fin does not overlap the seal fin in the axial direction. The second structure includes an inlet wall located upstream of a most upstream one of the seal fins, a radial gap being between the inlet wall and the first structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takahiro Ando, Shoichi Shimomura, Naoya Tanabashi, Shinya Makino, Masahiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12209663
    Abstract: A sealing member includes a monolithic body including a first portion adjoining a second portion. The first portion forms part of a circle. The second portion includes first and second lobes. Each lobe adjoins the first portion with a concave surface. In one example, each lobe includes a rounded tip, and a convex surface extends from one rounded tip to the other rounded tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Yao-Hung Yang, Chih-Yang Chang, Sam Hyungsam Kim
  • Patent number: 12209670
    Abstract: Piston ring having a first annular body and a second annular body, which annular bodies, are arranged adjacent to and concentric with one another in the axial direction (A), the first annular body having a radially outwardly directed outer side, an upper and a lower flank and a radially inwardly directed inner side, the second annular body being designed as a segmented sealing ring having a plurality of sealing ring segments, which sealing ring segments each have a radially outwardly directed sealing surface, an up-per and a lower sealing ring segment flank and a radially inwardly directed inner side, the sealing ring segments each being guided on the first annular body by means of at least one guide means, which guide means substantially prevent twisting of the sealing ring segments against the first annular body in the circumferential direction (U) and permit displacement of the sealing ring segments transversely to the axial direction (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: BURCKHARDT COMPRESSION AG
    Inventor: Norbert Feistel
  • Patent number: 12209665
    Abstract: An annular seal for installation in an annular groove defined at an interface between first and second wellhead component is disclosed. The seal has an annular body with first and second legs that define an annular channel at the inside diameter face of the annular body. The annular channel is configured to define a pressure cavity within the annular groove between the first and second wellhead component. The outside diameter face of the annular body has a tapered profile in cross-section, and the first and second legs have enlarged ends configured for engaging the inside diameter wall of the annular groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: SPM Oil & Gas PC LLC
    Inventors: Michael L. Mann, Ray Dicksang Pang, Phu Duc Sy Dong
  • Patent number: 12209662
    Abstract: A seal, a fluid assembly comprising same, and a fluid device. The seal comprises a body portion; first through holes are formed in the seal; the seal further has first sealing portions corresponding to the first through holes; there are at least two first through holes; each first sealing portion comprises a first extension portion and a second extension portion; the first extension portion and the second extension portion are located on opposite sides of the body portion; the first extension portion and the second extension portion extend from the body portion toward the first through holes; the distance between the first extension portion and the second extension portion is greater than the height of the body portion; and the first extension portion is a closed raised structure, and the second extension portion is also a closed raised structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lixin Wang, Yun Wang, Long Lin, Cancan Shen, Jianhua Chi
  • Patent number: 12196322
    Abstract: A gland seal assembly including a stuffing box and packing positioned within the stuffing box. A gas seal assembly is mounted adjacent the stuffing box, the gas seal assembly including a gas inlet port and a gas outlet port interconnected by one or more passageways. A gland follower is positioned partially within the gas seal assembly and in adjustable engagement with the packing. The gas seal assembly further includes gas dispersal device receiving gas from the gas inlet port and directing gas into a shaft aperture formed through the gas seal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Sealing Equipment Products Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Chuck Tanner