Patents by Inventor Victor Garcia, JR.

Victor Garcia, JR. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hydrodynamic backup ring
    Patent number: 9109703
    Abstract: A seal backup ring is provided with undulating surfaces which create circumferential convergence with a relatively rotatable surface. The backup ring is configured so that differential pressure acting across a rotary seal forces portions of the backup ring against the relatively rotatable surface, closing, or substantially closing, the extrusion gap that the rotary seal is exposed to. In response to relative rotation between the backup ring and the mating relatively rotatable surface, the circumferential convergence promotes hydrodynamic lubrication within the dynamic interface that exists between the backup ring and the relatively rotatable surface. The modulus of elasticity of the backup ring is greater than the modulus of elasticity of the rotary seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Kalsi Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Lannie Laroy Dietle, Aaron Richie, Victor Garcia, Jr., Jeffrey D. Gobeli, John Erick Schroeder
  • HYDRODYNAMIC BACKUP RING
    Publication number: 20120038113
    Abstract: A seal backup ring is provided with undulating surfaces which create circumferential convergence with a relatively rotatable surface. The backup ring is configured so that differential pressure acting across a rotary seal forces portions of the backup ring against the relatively rotatable surface, closing, or substantially closing, the extrusion gap that the rotary seal is exposed to. In response to relative rotation between the backup ring and the mating relatively rotatable surface, the circumferential convergence promotes hydrodynamic lubrication within the dynamic interface that exists between the backup ring and the relatively rotatable surface. The modulus of elasticity of the backup ring is greater than the modulus of elasticity of the rotary seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Lannie Laroy Dietle, Aaron Richie, Victor Garcia, JR., Jeffrey D. Gobeli, John Erick Schroeder