Installation, Removal, Assembly, Disassembly, Or Repair Feature Patents (Class 277/370)
  • Patent number: 11940051
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mechanical seal arrangement comprising a first slide ring seal (2) having a rotating slide ring (21) and a stationary slide ring (22) defining a sealing gap (23) therebetween, a shaft sleeve (4), a driver (5) which connects the shaft sleeve (4) to the rotating slide ring (21) and which is arranged to transmit rotation of the shaft sleeve (4) to the rotating slide ring (21) a connecting arrangement (6) for connecting the shaft sleeve (4) to the driver (5), the connecting arrangement (6) comprising at least two rotary locks (60) and at least two recesses (40) in the shaft sleeve (4), wherein each of the rotary locks (60) has a bearing portion (61) and a locking portion (62), wherein the locking portion (62) laterally projects beyond the bearing portion (61), and wherein a rotational axis (Y-Y) of each rotary lock (60) is parallel to a central axis (X-X) of the shaft sleeve (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Florian Morgenstern, Christoph Rapp, Christian Fahning
  • Patent number: 11835140
    Abstract: A system and method for forming sealing elements for a mechanical seal that are shaped so as to fill substantially completely the groove that seats the sealing elements. The mechanical seal includes a holder assembly, sleeve assembly, balance piston or any other rotary or stationary part having one or more grooves formed therein and a sealing element that seats within the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY
    Inventor: Josef Fichtner
  • Patent number: 11708831
    Abstract: An example hydraulic pump comprises: a housing; an input shaft extending from the housing; a seal disposed within the housing and positioned about the input shaft; and a seal guard member positioned about the input shaft and mounted to the housing at an interface between the input shaft and the housing, wherein the seal guard member is configured to allow rotation of the input shaft without rotating therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas K. Castle, Somer R. Malone, Brian Painter
  • Patent number: 11333253
    Abstract: A magnetic seal assembly comprises a metallic annular wear seal. A magnetic seal has a magnetic annular body adjacent to and attracting the wear seal into contact against a contact face thereof. A retainer ring is connected to a surface to the magnetic seal, the retainer ring having a coefficient of thermal expansion different than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the annular body, the coefficient of thermal expansion of the retainer ring selected to constrain a thermal expansion of the annular body. A method for controlling a thermal expansion of a magnetic seal assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Marc-Andre Pelletier
  • Patent number: 11268617
    Abstract: A mechanical seal for liquid with an axially floating tray sleeve inside, comprising a movable ring, a static ring, a locking ring and a tray sleeve, wherein the static ring is connected to a cover and a shell to be stationary, the movable ring is fixed with a shaft or a shaft sleeve through the locking ring and rotates, and the contact end faces of the movable ring and the static ring form a sealing face which is vertical to and slides against the shaft; the tray sleeve is between a sealing ring and the shaft or shaft sleeve in the direction vertical to the shaft; the tray sleeve is connected to the movable ring or the static ring near an inner end of the liquid in the axial direction; the tray sleeve extends out of the cover in the axial direction near the air end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: AIGI ENVIRONMENTAL INC.
    Inventors: Jingwei Zhao, Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11028927
    Abstract: An exemplary carbon seal assembly generally may include a stator fixable to a static component, such as a mechanical housing of a gas turbine engine, and a rotor fixable to a rotating component, such as a shaft of the gas turbine engine, where the rotating component is rotatable relative to the static component. The carbon seal assembly may also include a carbon ring and a spring attached thereto positioned between the stator and the rotor, where the spring may be configured to move the carbon ring fore and aft between the stator and the rotor. The carbon seal assembly may further include a diaphragm operatively attached to stator and to the carbon ring and spring combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventor: Nathan A. Lewis
  • Patent number: 10935141
    Abstract: A clamshell half of a split ring mechanical seal face assembly comprises a split seal ring half having circumferential and proximal surfaces that are seated against corresponding radial and axial support surfaces of a holder half. At least one extending member extends from a hole in the proximal surface to an arcuate slot in the axial support surface, or vice-versa, and thereby radially constrains the split seal ring half to remain unitized with the holder half during clamshell assembly, while permitting rotation of the split seal ring half about a shaft axis over a limited range, which in embodiments is between 2 degrees and 20 degrees. Embodiments further include a secondary seal between the holder half and split seal ring half that frictionally resists displacement of the split seal ring half.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventors: Glenn Robert Owens, Jr., Mark David Volz, Jason Crawford Ferris, Rodney Wayne Rynearson, Ryan John Kremer
  • Patent number: 10883606
    Abstract: In a bellows mechanical seal, a collar attached to a seal ring through a bellows has a restriction piece extending toward at least one of an inner diameter side or an outer diameter side. The bellows mechanical seal includes an adaptor which is attached to the collar, whose axial movement is restricted by the restriction piece, and which extends to the inner diameter side or the outer diameter side over the restriction piece. The collar and the adaptor form at least part of a housing space (S), (S?) having the secondary seal housed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Takigahira, Masakazu Kito
  • Patent number: 10794381
    Abstract: A well servicing pump includes a power end and a fluid end operably coupled to the power end. The fluid end includes a casing that defines at least one pumping chamber, the pumping chamber at least partially defined by a spherical wall, and a first cylindrical wall extending along a first axis and defining a portion of a power end bore, the first cylindrical wall intersecting the spherical wall to define a first interface edge. A second cylindrical wall extends along a second axis and defines a portion of a discharge bore, the second cylindrical wall intersecting the spherical wall to define a second interface edge, and a third cylindrical wall extends along a third axis and defines a portion of a suction bore, the third cylindrical wall intersecting the spherical wall to define a third interface edge, wherein the first axis, the second axis, and the third axis are arranged between 100 and 140 degrees with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: GARDNER DENVER PETROLEUM PUMPS, LLC
    Inventors: Robert James Dyer, Chris Lee Cackler, Paul Douglas Cary
  • Patent number: 10588177
    Abstract: A method of supplying electricity to an electrical component inside a vacuum chamber may include positioning an electrical component inside a vacuum chamber, the electrical component having a first electrical connector portion. A second electrical connector portion may then be connected to the first electrical portion through a hole in a flexible wall of the vacuum chamber, the second electrical connector portion being electrically connected to circuitry disposed outside the vacuum chamber. The connecting step may include hermetically clamping the flexible wall of the vacuum chamber between the first and second electrical connector portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John F. Spalding, Jr., Christopher John Hottes, Robert James Miller
  • Patent number: 10562199
    Abstract: A novel connecting member of razor is shown to have a plurality of chamfers on at least one finger disposed at an end of an arm. Desirably, both arms have two chamfers on each finger. Each chamfer is disposed having an angle to a top surface of the finger. Though any angles are contemplated in the present invention, the angle of the first chamfer is desirably smaller than the angle of the second chamfer. The bearing length of the finger and the first chamfer angle are together desirably balanced to provide an optimal clearance for the fingers into openings on either end of the back of the housing and improve the pivot operation and control for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Neil Lettenberger, David Wayne Morris
  • Patent number: 10519950
    Abstract: A closure element for a fluid end assembly that has two or more recessed grooves formed in its outer surface. The grooves are axially offset. A seal is placed in one and only one of the grooves. As wear occurs, the seal is relocated to one of the other grooves. Instead of a series of axially offset grooves in a single closure element, a kit may be formed from two or more otherwise identical closure elements, each with a single recessed groove at a different axial position. Another closure element has a series of ledge-like surfaces defining spaces within which a seal may be received. One outer surface surrounds one or more of the other surfaces. A seal is placed in one and only one of the spaces. As wear occurs, the seal is relocated to one of the other spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Kerr Machine Co.
    Inventor: Kelcy Jake Foster
  • Patent number: 10302132
    Abstract: A rolling bearing includes rolling elements between an outer race and an inner race, a resin seal ring covering an opening of at least one end of a bearing space, and a filter covering an oil hole defined in the resin seal ring for capturing foreign matter contained in lubricating oil. The filter and the resin seal ring are integrated by insert molding and are made of the same material. An annular lip portion, which is separate from the resin seal ring, is in contact with the outer race. An engaged portion on a radially inner side of the resin seal ring is engaged in a recess defined in the inner race such that, during thermal expansion of the resin seal ring, the engaged portion is engaged such that the resin seal ring is movable in a radial direction relative to the inner race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsunori Sone, Naota Yamamoto, Hiroyoshi Ito, Kiyoshige Yamauchi, Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Takashi Ito
  • Patent number: 9644746
    Abstract: A mechanical seal having a seal cover that has a high versatility and is less prone to deformation even when secured to a housing by two bolts is provided. A mechanical seal 100 includes a rotating ring 40, a stationary ring 20, and a seal cover 10 to attach the stationary ring 20 to a housing 300. The seal cover 10 includes two U-shaped grooves 11 and two elongate holes 12 for bolting, which are disposed alternately and at regular intervals in a circumferential direction of the shaft hole, and elongate holes 12 are elongate in a radial direction of the shaft hole and innermost positions within the elongate holes 12 where bolt shanks can pass through are located further inward than innermost positions within the U-shaped grooves 11 where bolt shanks can pass through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignees: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd., EagleBurgmann Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yanagisawa, Takanori Sato
  • Patent number: 9587551
    Abstract: A coolant passage structure for an internal combustion engine includes a coolant communication member. The coolant communication member includes a centrifugal water pump, a housing portion, a scroll portion, a second coolant passage portion, a first coolant passage portion, a direction of a center line of the second coolant passage portion, and a rib. The first coolant passage portion includes a downstream region connected to an upstream region of the second coolant passage portion. A direction of a center line of the first coolant passage portion is parallel to a direction of a rotation shaft of the centrifugal water pump. The direction of the center line of the second coolant passage portion is orthogonal to the direction of the center line of the first coolant passage portion. The rib is disposed on an internal circumferential surface of the first coolant passage portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kitahara, Takahiro Yamauchi, Yusuke Kato
  • Patent number: 9449797
    Abstract: A component of a plasma processing chamber having a protective liquid layer on a plasma exposed surface of the component. The protective liquid layer can be replenished by supplying a liquid to a liquid channel and delivering the liquid through liquid feed passages in the component. The component can be an edge ring which surrounds a semiconductor substrate supported on a substrate support in a plasma processing apparatus wherein plasma is generated and used to process the semiconductor substrate. Alternatively, the protective liquid layer can be cured or cooled sufficiently to form a solid protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harmeet Singh, Thorsten Lill
  • Patent number: 9429196
    Abstract: A rolling bearing assembly having a first ring with a first circumferentially extending seal groove, and a fluid path in the first ring with an inlet located on an outer surface and an outlet connected to the first seal groove. A second ring has a second circumferentially extending seal groove. Rolling elements are supported between the first ring and the second ring, with the rolling elements running on races thereof. A seal including a first radial end that is engaged within the first seal groove is provided. A second radial end is located in the second seal groove, and the second end includes a circumferentially extending race side contact and a circumferentially extending outside lip. At least one passage that is in communication with the at least one fluid path extends from the first to the second radial end and discharges between the race side contact and the outside lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: William Moratz
  • Patent number: 9383019
    Abstract: Provided is a mechanical seal that has an improved accuracy of positioning a plurality of divided bodies that compose a seal ring. A mechanical seal for sealing an annular gap between a rotary shaft and a housing, comprising: a divided-type seal ring that is an annular seal ring composed by combining a plurality of divided bodies; is characterized by comprising metallic bands that fix the plurality of divided bodies by clamping outer peripheral surfaces of the plurality of divided bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: EagleBurgmann Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidekazu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9302722
    Abstract: A seal assembly can be incorporated into a track pin joint assembly including a pin defining a longitudinal axis, a first member and a second member both coaxial with the pin about the longitudinal axis. The first member is pivotable about the longitudinal axis with respect to the second member and includes a load ring engagement surface defining, at least in part, an axially-extending seal cavity disposed in proximal relationship to the second member. A seal assembly including a seal ring and a load ring is disposed in the seal cavity and sealingly engages the first member and the second member. The load ring includes a main body and a neck having a neck perimeter with a first sealing blade disposed along the neck perimeter and comprising an outwardly-extending projection. The first sealing blade is adapted to sealingly engage one of the seal ring and the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Guanghui Liang, Mark Diekevers, Mark Kiesel, Darren Antoine, Temitope Akinlua, Travis King
  • Patent number: 9291066
    Abstract: A hydrodynamic face seal ring for use in a rotary machine includes a support ring having at least two support ring segments and a radially-extending, first face. The support ring is configured to releasably couple to an inner surface of an outer casing of the rotary machine. The face seal ring also includes a sealing ring substantially concentric with the support ring. The sealing ring includes at least two sealing ring segments and a radially-extending, second face. The sealing ring is releasably coupled to the support ring such that the first face is mated against the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xiaoqing Zheng, Roderick Mark Lusted, Azam Mihir Thatte, Christopher David Suttles
  • Patent number: 9169929
    Abstract: A seal apparatus includes: (a) first and second machine elements defining a sealing interface between two zones subject to different fluid pressures, a boundary of which lies between the two elements; (b) a seal comprising rigid material carried by the first machine element and having an annular lip defining a first contact surface; (c) a second contact surface comprising rigid material, defined by the second machine element; (c) wherein both contact surfaces are wear resistant, and the first and second contact surfaces bear directly against each other, so as to seal against fluid leakage between the first and second zones, while allowing relative sliding motion between the first and second contact surfaces; and (d) wherein the seal is configured to allow the lip to deform elastically and permit the first contact surface to conform in a regular or irregular shape to the second contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Little Engine, LLC
    Inventors: Franz W. Kellar, Harold Lloyd Crowder, Jr., Scott M. Duquette
  • Patent number: 9004492
    Abstract: One embodiment of the face seal described herein includes a seal seat and a seal element carried by a seal housing. The seal element cooperates with the seal seat to establish a seal. The housing includes a seal element support and a shroud. The seal housing is made of a parent material and the shroud has a tip impregnated with a second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Colin D. Craig, Enzo Dibenedetto, Christopher P. Kmetz, Jonathan L. Miller, Mark R. Sondeen
  • Patent number: 8985587
    Abstract: A shaft seal for a turbomachine is provided for sealing process side of the turbomachine against the atmosphere. The shaft seal includes a process gas seal which is acted upon by a process gas and be blocked on the process side, an atmosphere seal which is acted upon by air and be blocked on the atmosphere side, and a ventilation chamber extending around the shaft of the turbomachine. The ventilation chamber is arranged between the process gas seal and the atmosphere seal for collecting and discharging a process gas leakage that has passed through the process gas seal and an air leakage that has passed through the atmosphere seal. The ventilation chamber includes a radially inner leakage inlet, a radially outward leakage outlet and built in components that are dimensioned to as to provide a flame blocking function with regard to ignition of the leakage at the leakage inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ludger Alfes, Wolfgang Zacharias
  • Patent number: 8967874
    Abstract: A lubricant retainer for use in a pump bearing assembly, the bearing assembly which in a first operating configuration is lubricated by a relatively highly viscous lubricant, and which in a second operating configuration is lubricated by a less-viscous lubricant, the bearing assembly comprising a bearing housing having a bore extending therethrough for receiving a pump drive shaft, spaced-apart bearing mounting zones within said bore with a chamber therebetween, each bearing mounting zone arranged for the in use receipt of a bearing therein. Each zone has associated therewith one lubricant retainer, the lubricant retainer being adapted to be mounted within the bore adjacent the bearing mounting zone with which it is associated so as to form a barrier between the bearing mounting zone and the chamber when the pump bearing assembly is in the first operating configuration, the retainer being removed when the pump bearing assembly is in the second operating configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Weir Minerals Australia Ltd.
    Inventors: Kevin Edward Burgess, Michael Christopher Foreman
  • Patent number: 8955848
    Abstract: A mechanical seal includes an elastomeric member, a spring biasing device, a longitudinally floating first member, a longitudinally non-floating second member and a longitudinally floating seal face. The elastomeric member is in a sealing engagement with the seal face. The first and second members and the spring biasing device are longitudinally positioned between the seal face and the second member. The first member and the second member are longitudinally restrained and rotationally coupled by at least one substantially male radially protruding portion in one of the members engaging in at least one substantially female portion in the other member of the two members. The first and second members are arranged for a sealing engagement with the seal face in a single seal utilizing the elastomeric member, or with the seal face and an additional seal face in a double seal utilizing an additional elastomeric member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: AES Engineering Ltd.
    Inventor: Alan James Roddis
  • Patent number: 8931783
    Abstract: A seal assembly for providing a seal between a pair of relatively rotatable components has; a first seal ring (30) mounted in sealing relationships, non-rotatably and for limited axial movement on a first of the components; a second seal (50) ring mounted in axially aligned relationship to the first seal ring, said second seal ring being mounted in sealing relationship, non-rotatably and for limited axial movement on a second of the components; first resilient means associated with the second seal ring urging it axially towards the first seal ring, second resilient means (40) acting on the first seal ring urging it away from the second seal ring to separate the first and second seal rings; and a centrifugal actuator (19) associated with the first seal ring, said centrifugal actuator comprising a radially extending chamber (38) between the first seal ring and the component associated therewith, said chamber being connected to a source of fluid, whereby when the components rotate relative to one another with fl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Inventors: Nicholas Derek Quarmby, Kjell Klintenstedt
  • Publication number: 20150001804
    Abstract: A fluid seal assembly (the assembly) of the present invention is disposed between an outer surface, i.e. engine block or any other part that requires application of the assembly and a rotatable member, such as, for example a shaft, wherein the assembly circumscribes the shaft and lubricated the shaft and the same rotates around the axis. The assembly includes a casing unit, a sealing ring unit, and an intermediate member. The intermediate member is positioned on the shaft and frictionally engaged a seal of the sealing ring unit in order to eliminate frictional engagement between the shaft and the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventor: Yefim Epshetsky
  • Patent number: 8870521
    Abstract: A centrifugal pump for delivering hot fluids, having a contacting shaft seal, a seal housing (13) for the shaft seal (14), and a return line (8) for a partial flow of the delivered fluid, in which no delivered fluid is discharged out of the seal housing (13); a separate housing cover (9) is disposed between the seal housing (13) and the pump housing (1); there is a contact surface which minimizes heat transfer between the seal housing (13) and the housing cover (9); and the return line (8) is connected to the housing cover (9) and/or to the pump housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: KSB Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernhard Brecht, Uwe Bruhns, Frank Sehr
  • Patent number: 8794634
    Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing a machine with a first chamber and a second chamber is provided. A rotating shaft extends through the first and second chambers, and rotates therein. The seal assembly has a seal housing, a seal ring and a seal pin. The seal housing is positionable in the machine housing. The seal housing has a seal pocket extending into a fluid side thereof, and a housing receptacle extending into an inner diameter thereof at the seal pocket. The seal ring is positionable in the seal pocket of the seal housing for forming a seal therewith. The seal ring has a ring receptacle extending into an outer diameter thereof. The ring receptacle is positionable adjacent to the housing receptacle for defining a pin hole therebetween. The seal pin is loosely positionable in the pin hole whereby movement about the seal ring is accommodated while preventing rotation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Wright, Robert L. Fuller
  • Patent number: 8770589
    Abstract: A shaft-seal device for high-temperature fluid including a seal case (2) formed as a metallic cylindrical structure of a single unit and comprised of a main body portion (2a, 2b, 2c), first and second holding portions (2d, 2e), first and second partition portions (2f, 2h), a channel formation portion (2g) forming a minute annular channel (27) with the outer circumference surface of a rotary shaft (1), and an o-ring holding portion (2i). The seal case is installed in an apparatus housing (8) with first and second o-rings (2m, 2n) in between. The intra-seal case region (A1), in which sealing rings (31, 32, 41, 42, 51, 52) of mechanical seals (3, 4, 5) are provided, and the high-temperature fluid region, which is an intra-apparatus housing region (A), are partitioned by a cooling chamber (28) into and from which coolant (82) is supplied and discharged via feed/discharge coolant paths (80, 81).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Pillar Packaging Co., Ltd., Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Taiji Hashimoto, Tao Hu, Eiji Okumachi, Masanobu Ninomiya
  • Publication number: 20140159316
    Abstract: A split mechanical seal for mounting to a housing containing a rotating shaft comprising a gland assembly configured for mounting to the housing and forming a chamber, where the gland assembly includes a top surface having a gland groove formed thereon. The gland groove is formed at least in part by at least one raised wall portion that extends axially outwardly from the top surface. The seal also includes a stationary seal ring having a groove or recess formed in an inner surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY
    Inventors: Edwin CID, Henri V. AZIBERT, Ann T. ATTENASIO, Timothy CONKLIN, Howard PHILLIPS
  • Publication number: 20140159315
    Abstract: A split mechanical seal for mounting to a housing containing a rotating shaft, including a gland assembly, a holder assembly having an inner surface and an opposed outer surface, and a rotary seal ring that is sized and configured for seating within the space defined by the holder assembly. A detent groove is formed in the inner surface of the holder assembly for at least partially seating a portion of a sealing element, and another detent groove is formed in an outer surface of the rotary seal ring for at least partially seating another portion of the sealing element. The holder detent groove and the seal ring detent groove in combination are configured to seat and to retain the sealing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: A.W. CHESTERTON COMPANY
    Inventor: Edwin CID
  • Patent number: 8740224
    Abstract: A seal assembly for a turbomachine includes a seal ring rotatable between a first position and a second position and having a plurality of tunnels. Also included is a back ring located adjacent the seal ring and having a plurality of apertures that align with more of the plurality of tunnels of the seal ring when at the second position than at the first position. Further included is a retention piece operably connecting the seal ring and the back ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xiaoqing Zheng, Nathaniel Carmello Glinbizzi, Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger, Norman Arnold Turnquist
  • Patent number: 8678756
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method may include installing a first seal around a motor shaft. The method may also include installing a second seal around the motor shaft, wherein the second seal and the first seal may form a hydrodynamic seal when the motor shaft rotates. The method may further include installing a spacer in-between the second seal and the first seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Jaime Robledo
  • Publication number: 20140054862
    Abstract: A seal assembly includes a seal support, a spring carrier, a plurality of springs, and a seal carrier. The spring carrier is connected to the seal support by a guide assembly. The plurality of springs are disposed between the seal support and the spring carrier. The seal carrier is connected to the spring carrier and is removable therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Todd A. Davis, David Joseph Hierl
  • Patent number: 8651494
    Abstract: A split mechanical end face seal assembly has a split gland plate assembly, a split mating seal ring assembly, a split primary seal ring assembly and a split biasing assembly. The segmented mating seal ring is axially and radially supported on the segmented mating ring adapter by resilient connector strips as pre-assembled sub-assemblies and the resilient connector strips axially non-rigidly support the mating seal ring within said mating ring adapter assembly. An axially movable primary sealing ring assembly includes a segmented primary seal ring. The biasing assembly is pre-assembled into the gland plate assembly and urges the primary seal ring into sealing relation with the mating seal ring. A method of installation includes resilient axial and radial support of the mating seal ring segments in mating ring adapter segments by the resilient connector strip for installation as a pre-assembled sub-assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: John Crane Inc.
    Inventor: David M. Dudek
  • Patent number: 8636286
    Abstract: A face seal comprises a first half and a second half. Each half of the face seal comprises an inner sealing ring, the inner sealing ring being generally L-shaped in cross-section, an elastomer ring disposed over the inner sealing ring, and an outer ring disposed over the elastomeric ring, the outer ring being generally Z-shaped in cross-section. The inner sealing ring comprises an axially extending circular cylindrical portion, a radially extending planar ring portion coupled to the cylindrical portion, and a sealing surface defined by the seal side planar wall. The outer ring comprises an axially extending second circular cylindrical portion, a seating flange extending radially outward from a front end of the second cylindrical portion, and a backing flange extending radially inward from the rear end of the second cylindrical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: CNH America LLC
    Inventor: Brian D. Vik
  • Patent number: 8622396
    Abstract: A rotary aircraft exhaust system having an engine, an exhaust member in gaseous communication with the engine, and a longitudinally compressible bellow seal in sealing contact with both the engine and the exhaust member. The bellow seal is configured to provide a gaseous seal between the engine and the exhaust member while also allowing the exhaust member to move in the transverse, longitudinal, and pivoting directions relative to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Mast
  • Patent number: 8529222
    Abstract: A surface pump assembly having a thrust chamber with a telescoping shaft. In some embodiments, the surface pump assembly has a pump with a pump shaft, a thrust chamber with a telescoping shaft extending therein, the telescoping shaft extendable to engage the pump shaft and retractable to disengage the pump shaft, and a motor coupled to the telescoping shaft and operable to rotate the telescoping shaft. In some embodiments, the telescoping shaft has a rotatable shaft member, an adjusting nut threadably disposed thereabout, wherein the adjusting nut is moveable axially relative to the shaft member by rotation, and a first sleeve translatably disposed about the shaft member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy Donald Burns, Jason Neal Whaley
  • Patent number: 8523186
    Abstract: A slide ring seal arrangement comprises a rotationally fixed slide ring (4) and a slide ring (11), which is provided for rotating together with a rotating component, these slide rings each being held in a loose seat and interacting, in, in essence, radially oriented sealing surfaces, which are prestressed with a main prestressing force while in contact with one another. Each slide ring, on its front face that faces away from the sealing surface, is axially supported on a supporting part (14, 17) via an annular bearing surface (16, 20) provided between the respective supporting part and the adjacent front face of the respective slide ring. A load ratio (d12?dH2)/(d12?d22) of =2.0, preferably between 0.8 and 2.0, preferably no greater than between 1.0 and 1.5, more preferably approximately 1.3 is maintained on the bearing surface (16, 20). The measurement (d1?d2) of each bearing surface (16, 20) is equal to =10 mm, preferably between 0.2 and 2.0, preferably no more than approximately 0.6 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Schrüfer, Manfred Oppler, Günther Lederer, Armin Laxander, Klaus Lang, Rolf Johannes, Andreas Fesl, Peter Dröscher
  • Patent number: 8523187
    Abstract: An axial face seal assembly including a seal member which is seated in a carrier, the carrier being non-rotatably connected to a base member but movable axially thereto and biased from the base member by means of a compression spring interposed between the base member and the carrier, the base member being axially and non-rotatably securable to a drive shaft by means of an open ring clamp having first end second ends. The ring clamp is supported on the base member, at least one of said first and second ends being movable relative to the other end in a circumferential direction; and wherein tightening means is rotatably journalled on the base member for adjusting the relative distance between the first and second ends of the ring clamp. A mounting fixture is likewise disclosed and cooperating with the seal assembly in a mounting procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Xylem IP Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Sivert Eriksson
  • Patent number: 8517388
    Abstract: A bellows type mechanical seal is provided that is capable of reducing adverse effects on the bellows. The bellows type mechanical seal includes a first annular member fixed on a rotary shaft, a second annular member resiliently supported by the bellows in a housing axially to the outside of the first annular member, a seal ring having a first end seal face contacting the first annular member and a second end seal face contacting the second annular member, both seal faces being perpendicular to the shaft. A centering member is arranged contacting the inner surface of the seal ring and the inner surface of the second annular member within an annular space formed between both of the inner surfaces and the shaft to keep the sealing ring and the second annular member in alignment with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidekazu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8408555
    Abstract: An intershaft seal system capable of communicating a balanced pressure profile onto forward and aft faces along a piston ring is presented. Seal system includes forward and aft mating rings and a piston ring. Mating rings include a plurality of divergent flow grooves adjacent to the piston ring. Each divergent flow groove includes a pair of grooves which intersect at and are substantially symmetric about an apex. The piston ring includes channels which direct a fluid from a high pressure region upward, downward, or directly through the piston ring and onto the divergent flow grooves. The divergent flow grooves separate the fluid in a symmetrically divergent fashion prior to communication onto the piston ring. The divergent flow grooves communicate a substantially symmetric pressure force along the radial width of the piston ring so as to minimize twisting thereof, thus reducing wear along the piston ring and increasing seal life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Stein Seal Company
    Inventor: Glenn M. Garrison
  • Publication number: 20130062832
    Abstract: Disclosed is a slide ring seal, which is used, for example, for sealing a shaft space of a centrifugal pump in relation to a pumping space thereof and to centering the mechanical seal and/or fastening the seal to the casing of the centrifugal pump and a body part used for the attachment. A feature of the disclosed seal, including at least one rotary slide ring unit, a body part by means of which the seal is attached to the casing, and at least one either separate counter ring unit or a counter ring unit stationarily attached to the body part, is that the body part is provided with inclined fastening means by means of which the body part (40, 40?) is tightened to the casing both axially and radially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Sulzer Pumpen AG
    Inventor: Heikki Manninen
  • Patent number: 8382121
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cartridge type double seal having a size small enough to be mounted on the outer surface of an apparatus without using a space in a stuffing box and without requiring any special design and modification. In a seal device (1), a seal case (44) is fixed and installed by the set screw (18), screwed in radially inside from the far end of the mounting groove (15) of the seal cover (10) through the screw groove (17), at the innermost end of the seal cover (10). The thickness of thickness direction can be reduced because the seal case (44) is not axially supported and fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Suefuji
  • Publication number: 20130011256
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a premounted mechanical seal unit, particularly for a fire extinguishing pump, comprising a rotating seal ring (2), a stationary seal ring (3), the rotating seal ring (2) and the stationary seal ring (3) defining a seal gap (4) thereinbetween, an inner sleeve (5) which is connected to the rotating seal ring (2), an outer sleeve (6) which is connected to the stationary seal ring (3), and a securing element (10) which secures the outer sleeve (6) to the inner sleeve (5), wherein the inner sleeve (5) and the outer sleeve (6) in axial direction (X-X) each have a length greater than a sum of the axial lengths of the rotating seal ring (3), and wherein the inner sleeve (5) comprises a first form closure device (7) on a first axial end and a second form closure device (8) on a second axial end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Holzapfel, Wolfgang Ries, Reinhard Svejkovsky
  • Patent number: 8327895
    Abstract: A sealing body disposed about a rotating drive axle and forming an air chamber thereabout. The drive axle is provided with an air conduit extending therein and communicating air from the air chamber to the center of the drive axle and for delivery to tires via the wheel at the center of the axle flange. The sealing body includes an air conduit in communication with the air chamber, and is configured to secure to remain stationary about the drive axle axially rotating therein. The sealing body is typically disposed between the drive axle splines and the wheel and forms an air seal thereabout. The sealing body may comprise of a plurality of parts when the splines have a greater diameter than the remainder of the drive axle, but may also comprise of a unitary body configured to be axially disposed over the splines when the splines have a diameter consistent with the drive axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Fleet Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Clyde G. Stech
  • Patent number: 8302971
    Abstract: A sealing device for a pump has a sleeve, a rotary collar, a first O-ring, a stationary collar, a mounting bracket, a second O-ring, a mounting collar and a locking pin. The rotary collar, stationary collar, mounting bracket and mounting collar are mounted around the sleeve. The first O-ring is mounted between the sleeve and the rotary collar. The second O-ring is mounted between the mounting bracket and the stationary collar. The locking pin is mounted securely between the mounting bracket and the stationary collar. The O-rings provide multi-sealing functions. The locking pin prevents relative rotation between the mounting bracket and stationary collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Walrus Pump Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Shou-Hsiung Huang
  • Patent number: 8240673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new kind of a mechanical seal, a so called slide ring seal, which is used, for example, for sealing a shaft space of a centrifugal pump in relation to a pumping space thereof. The present invention especially relates both to centering said mechanical seal and/or fastening said mechanical seal to the casing of said centrifugal pump and a body part used for the attachment. A characterizing feature of a mechanical seal in accordance with the present invention, comprising at least one rotary slide ring unit (24, 24?, 24?), a body part by means of which said seal is attached to said casing (16), and at least one either separate counter ring unit (42, 42?) or a counter ring unit (42, 42?) stationarily attached to said body part, is that said body part (40, 40?) is provided with inclined fastening means (52), by means of which the body part (40, 40?) is tightened to the casing both axially and radially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Sulzer Pumpen AG
    Inventor: Heikki Manninen
  • Patent number: 8215644
    Abstract: A shaft sealing device includes a gland having a flange with an axial hole, a coolant inlet, and a coolant outlet. A shaft sleeve is extended through the axial hole and mounted around a rotary shaft. A plurality of flexible elements extend through a plurality of through-holes in a retainer and each include two ends respectively presaging against two friction ring assemblies, allowing joint rotation of the shaft sleeve and the rotary shaft. The retainer further includes a first tangent groove having an inner end in communication with the axial hole and an outer end in communication with the coolant inlet. The retainer further includes a second tangent groove having an inner end in communication with the axial hole and an outer end in communication with the coolant outlet. Each of the first and second tangent grooves has a width decreasing from the inner end toward the outer end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Scenic Precise Element Inc.
    Inventor: Cheng-Shiou Huang