Particular Connecting Feature To Sealing Face Member Patents (Class 277/393)
  • Patent number: 11592111
    Abstract: A torque-resistant dual face seal includes a seal ring having an L-shaped cross-section including an axially-extending flange and a radially-extending flange, the seal ring including an annular seal face and an opposing loading surface. The seal ring includes a plurality of deformations formed in a spaced apart arrangement circumferentially around the axially-extending flange. An axial cross-section through the axially-extending flange and intersecting one of the plurality of deformations includes a stepped geometry. The plurality of deformations allows a load ring to squeeze into the plurality of deformations to increase a surface area contact between the seal ring and the load ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Loreena S. Plouse, Kenneth L. Crunkleton, Dennis M. Turczyn, Benjamin J. Copple
  • Patent number: 11448228
    Abstract: A motor driven pump with a waterproof structure is provided. The pump includes a motor, a pump body, a pump shaft, a shaft seal, and a first blocking member. The motor includes a motor housing. The pump body includes an impeller and a first drainage chamber having a first drainage outlet. The pump shaft includes a first end and a second end located opposite to the first end, wherein the first end is connected to the motor and the second end is connected to the impeller. The shaft seal forms a fluid seal with the pump body to prevent a fluid in the pump body from leaking into the motor. The first blocking member is located between the motor and the shaft seal and is connected in a sealed and a fixed manner to the pump shaft for conjoint rotation. The first blocking member is positioned to block fluid leaking from the shaft seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BESTWAY INFLATABLES & MATERIAL CORP.
    Inventors: Shuiyong Huang, Jinnian Wang, Guoping Li
  • Patent number: 10174842
    Abstract: An agitator shaft seal assembly for use on industrial mixers, particularly horizontal dough mixers, that includes a stator plate that is adapted to be mounted on a rotary seal adapter plate; a rotor mounted on the stator plate; a push ring mounted on the rotor; a seal gland disposed between the rotor and the push ring; and a locking ring mounted on the push ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Shaffer Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Michael W. Hall, Kirk Lang
  • Patent number: 9341175
    Abstract: A seal for a pump includes a seal housing configured to be received in a housing of the pump and a seal assembly received in the seal housing. The seal further includes a seal holder receiving at least a portion of the seal assembly, the seal holder being configured to rotate with respect to the seal housing. The seal also includes a guide coupled to the seal housing and retaining the seal holder, such that the seal holder rotates with respect to the seal housing, wherein during operation of the pump, the seal holder and a portion of the seal assembly rotate. A pump includes the pump seal, and a method for refurbishing a pump seal includes removing and replacing at least a portion of a seal assembly of the pump seal, wherein refurbishing the pump seal does not require removing a pump shaft from the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: LOBEPRO, INC.
    Inventor: Rolando Nico M. Ramos
  • Patent number: 8777229
    Abstract: A liftoff carbon seal assembly includes a rotating seal plate adjacent to a rotating seal backer plate and a rotating seal plate retainer. The rotating seal plate defines a rotating seal plate face which extends beyond a rotating seal plate retainer face of the rotating seal plate retainer with a static carbon seal is adjacent to the rotating seal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Todd A. Davis
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8256697
    Abstract: A seal system including a sleeve configured to receive a rotatable shaft therein and a dynamic race configured to be rotatably coupled to the shaft. The seal system further includes a biasing element configured to urge the dynamic race into engagement with a static race to form a primary seal, and a shroud configured to be rotatably coupled to the sleeve and positioned radially outside the biasing element. The seal system also includes a sealing element configured to be positioned radially inside the biasing element and to sealingly engage the sleeve to provide a secondary seal to generally block fluid bypassing the primary seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Moyno, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Duane Amburgey
  • Patent number: 8167315
    Abstract: A mechanical sealing device and a pump including a mechanical sealing device are described. The sealing device includes a first seal element (11) and a first holder element (12) holding the first seal element. The first seal element (11) forms a first seal surface (13), an opposite backing surface (14) and an outer peripheral surface (15). The first holder element has a support surface (16) and an inner surface (17). A second seal element (21), forming a second seal surface (22), is rotatable in relation to the first seal element around an axis (x) of rotation so that the first seal surface (13) abuts sealingly the second seal surface (22) in a radial plane. An elastomer element (30) is provided between the outer peripheral surface (15) and the inner surface. The opposite backing surface abuts tightly the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Roplan International AB
    Inventor: Henrik Nedlich
  • Publication number: 20120095596
    Abstract: The present disclosure introduces modular apparatuses for mechanical devices. In one embodiment, a chain joint is described. The chain joint may include a rotating drum having an attachment point. Further, the chain joint may also include hydraulic cylinders connected to the rotating drum. Lengths of chain may be used to connect the hydraulic cylinders to the rotating drum via the attachment point. Another embodiment describes a robotic apparatus incorporating the chain joint. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Special Applications Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Denver Cole, Paul Damon Linnebur, Marc Thomas Rood, Matthew David Zankey, Justin Matthew Vallely
  • Patent number: 8128096
    Abstract: A mechanical seal assembly to be used in sterile applications comprises a pair of co-operating seal rings (2, 5), one of which is held rotationally fixed and the other of which is provided to rotate together with a rotating component, wherein one of the seal rings is axially movable and biased by a spring against the other seal ring, a retainer housing (1) at which the rotating seal ring is retained near an axial end thereof, a mounting member (12) which may be mounted rotationally fixed at the rotating member, and a rotatory force transmission device (10) for transmitting a rotatory force between the mounting member and the retainer housing. The rotatory force transmission device (10) comprises a transmitting ring (15) retained in press-fit at the retainer housing (1) near the other axial end thereof, the transmitting ring including at least one protruding engagement member (20) engaging in an aligned recess in the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Reinhard Svejkovsky, Wolfgang Ries, Peter Kachler
  • Patent number: 7905494
    Abstract: A mechanical seal device capable of preventing a sealing ability from being lowered by the irregular displacement of the seal surface of a sealing ring and by the deterioration of a packing for sealingly fitting the sealing ring by heat generated due to its slidable contact with the sealing ring. The mechanical seal device comprises the rubberlike elastic material annular packing having a joining face fitted peripheral surface (inner peripheral surface) of a stepped hole and an adhesive face on the inner peripheral side of the joining face and having an insertion tip part at its insertion tip inserted into the fitting peripheral surface and the sealing ring for fixing having a fitting surface joined to the adhesive face of the packing, a rear surface fitted to the support face (bottom face) of the stepped hole, and a seal surface on the opposite side of the rear surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Takigahira
  • Patent number: 7296982
    Abstract: An air supply device includes a plurality of bearings for rotatably supporting a shaft, a plurality of bearings for rotatably supporting an orbital scroll, and a plurality of bearings for rotatably supporting each of a plurality of rotation constraint members that prevents rotation of the orbital scroll about its own axis, but allows the orbital scroll to orbit relative to a stationary scroll. A grease-filled bearing is used as each of the bearings. Each of the bearings for supporting the orbital scroll includes two sealing materials disposed on respective sides of a plurality of rolling elements, and each of the sealing materials has an inner end held in contact with an inner ring and an outer end held in contact with an outer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakuda, Kiyoshi Sawai, Tatsuya Nakamoto
  • Patent number: 7125019
    Abstract: The invention relates to a single seal, and more specifically to a seal for a rotary shaft extending through a wall, e.g. that of a pump housing. The single seal exhibits one single sealing location between a stationary and a rotating sealing ring. The seal is attached by means of a flange (12) on to the wall in order to seal off a chamber inside the wall against the shaft (22) and towards the exterior. According to the invention, the sealing rings (1, 2) are biased against each other by means of an axially movable member (5) extending through the wall in order to increase the contact between the sealing rings (1, 2). The resilient member may be a slitted sleeve (5) or a coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Huhnseal AB
    Inventor: Göran Anderberg
  • Patent number: 7070186
    Abstract: A flanged boot having a rolling bearing interface suitable for connection to two mechanical components which are movable with respect to each other, in terms of both rotational and axial movements. The flanged boot has a first annular flange at one end and a second annular at the other end. A rolling bearing, such as for example a roller (needle) or ball bearing, is press-fit onto a suitably configured structure of a first mechanical component. One of the first and second annular flanges is interfaced sealingly with respect to the rolling bearing. The other of the first and second annular flanges is sealingly connected to a second mechanical component. Either of the first or second mechanical components may be considered to be moving relative to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Steve W. Creek
  • Patent number: 6976681
    Abstract: A slide ring seal assembly includes a slide ring having an axially extending annular leg. The leg has radially outer and radially inner circumferential surfaces and a free axial end. A plurality of circumferentially spaced recesses are provided in leg at the free axial end thereof. Each recess extends from the radially outer surface to the radially inner surface. An annular sealing body surrounds the leg and is seated thereon. Circumferentially spaced, radially inward-oriented extensions forming part of the annular sealing body and projecting into respective recesses are provided in the leg for effecting a form-locking connection between the slide ring and the annular sealing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Friedberg GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Henning Zutx
  • Patent number: 6886832
    Abstract: A high pressure fluid jetting system generally includes a fluid cylinder pump, a drive assembly, a pressurized liquid supply and an applicator gun. The drive assembly includes a diesel or electric powered motor which drives a rotatable drive shaft. The drive shaft drives a triple plunger which are reciprocally driven. The plungers communicate fluid from the supply to the gun to selectively jet water from the gun at a pressure of approximately 50,000 psi and 10.0 gallons per minute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: NLB Corp.
    Inventor: Jamie A. Forrest
  • Patent number: 6688601
    Abstract: A mechanical seal includes a fixed ring, a rotating ring and a shaft sleeve. The fixed ring is connected in a sealed state to a housing. The rotating ring has a slide part and an engaging part. The slide part faces and slidably contacts with the fixed ring. The engaging part is provided for adapting drivingly to engage in a concave-convex manner. The shaft sleeve has a stop part adapted drivingly to engage with the engaging part without relative rotation, and fitted and stopped to the rotating shaft in the sealed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidekazu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6655694
    Abstract: A slide ring seal, including a slide ring and a counter-ring, the slide ring and the counter-ring sealingly contacting each; other so as to be relatively rotatable at their sealing surfaces and so as to be acted upon by spring tension under axial prestressing. The slide ring, via a sealing ring, is sealingly connected to a drive ring in a rotatably fixed manner. The sealing ring is arranged between the slide ring and the drive ring, without adhering. The slide ring, the sealing ring, and the drive ring constitute a preassemblable unit, and the unit on the exterior peripheral side is enclosed by a housing flange under radial prestressing in a rotatably fixed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventor: Kenji Nakano
  • Patent number: 6523832
    Abstract: A slide ring seal, including a slide ring and a counter-ring. The slide ring and the counter-ring sealingly contact each other at sealing surfaces so as to be relatively twistable and acted upon by spring tension under axial prestressing. The slide ring, via a first sealing ring, is sealingly connected to a first drive ring in a rotatably fixed manner and/or the counter-ring, via a second sealing ring is sealingly connected to a second drive ring in a rotatably fixed manner. The first sealing ring and/or the second sealing ring, on the side of a flange of the respective drive ring facing the medium to be sealed off, is essentially completely overlapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventor: Kenji Nakano
  • Patent number: 6464231
    Abstract: A mechanical seal of the invention includes relatively rotatable seal rings and a secondary seal therefore. The secondary seal is a C-shaped spring loaded gasket having upper and lower gasket legs. The gasket is provided between two of the seal components, for example, between an axially movable seal ring and a bellows flange. The gasket has one leg thereof confined axially to transmit axial loads between the seal ring and the bellows flange. Also, the upper and lower gasket legs are biased axially apart by a spring to permit radial movement between the seal ring and the bellows flange and also accommodate different rates of thermal expansion between the seal ring and bellows flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventor: Joel Burroughs
  • Patent number: 6338489
    Abstract: A mechanical seal including a slide ring and a counter-ring that are axially preloaded against each other along sealing surfaces through the application of spring tension. These surfaces contact each other in a manner that permits the sealing surfaces to rotate relative to each other. The slide ring and a housing, which is arranged in a rotatably fixed manner relative to slide ring, are each sealingly allocated to one end face of a bellows extending in the axial direction. One of the end faces of bellows is allocated nonadherently, with force-locking and/or form-locking, to slide ring, and the other end face of bellows is allocated nonadherently, with force-locking and/or form-locking, to housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventor: Kenji Nakano
  • Patent number: 6220601
    Abstract: A mechanical face seal device includes a bellows assembly comprising a bellows member of resilient material having axially spaced mounting portions interconnected by an intermediate foldable portion, one of said mounting portions being adapted to be fixed relative to a rotary component whilst the other is in torque transferring relationship with a rotary annular seal member, and a biasing means for diasing the rotary annular seal member against the stationary annular seal member. An essentially stiff support member having a predetermined radial dimension is provided for axially supporting the rotary annular seal member and is itself supported by the bellows member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Feodor Burgmann Dichtungswerke GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Thomas Keller, Ulrich Reinfrank, Wolfgang Ries, Reinhard Svejkovsky, Robert Woppowa, Dieter Ziegenbein
  • Patent number: 6007069
    Abstract: A mechanical end face seal for sealing between a housing and a relatively rotating shaft which seal includes a pair of relatively rotating annular rings having seal faces in sealing contact with each other to define a seal interface, with one of the rings adapted to be secured to said shaft for rotation therewith, and the other fixed relative to the housing and one being axially movable toward the other. A generally annular flexible metal diaphragm secured between the axially movable ring and either the housing or shaft includes a generally radial disc-like central portion which defines a plurality of annular convolutions formed by protrusions extending in opposite axial directions. The diaphragm is pressed onto a cylindrical surface on the ring at about the center of mass of the ring. The surface includes a coating of a compound including PTFE, grit and a binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: John Crane Inc.
    Inventor: Richard P. Sadowski
  • Patent number: 5947479
    Abstract: A mechanical end face seal for sealing between a housing and a relatively rotating shaft which includes a pair of relatively rotating annular rings having seal faces in sealing contact with each other to define a seal interface. A generally annular flexible metal diaphragm is secured between an axially movable ring and either the housing or shaft in a configuration such that it is placed in tension to achieve a preload or initial closing force upon the seal faces. In one form the seal components are unitized into a single assembly. A retainer is adapted to be disposed in a bore of the housing in surrounding relation to the shaft. The seal rings are disposed intermediate the axial ends of the retainer with the generally annular flexible metal diaphragm secured to one end of the retainer to define one closure wall of the assembly and to capture the ring components within the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: John Crane Inc.
    Inventor: Michael H. Ostrowski
  • Patent number: 5897118
    Abstract: The mechanical seal for a compressor comprises a support member fixed to a rotary shaft for rotating therewith, an annular rotating slide member consisting of hard materials and being fitted to the support member by shrinkage, and a stationary slide member exerting pressure against an end surface of said rotating slide member. In order to prevent damage by shrinkage stress and a displacement of said rotating slide member, said rotating slide member comprises at least one peripheral recess formed by a portion of the periphery of said rotating slide member having a smaller outer diameter than the rest of the periphery and said support member comprises an inwardly extending fitting portion engaging the peripheral recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Ito, Hiroshi Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 5762343
    Abstract: A slide ring seal assembly includes a slide ring member and a counterring member adjoining the slide ring member in axial alignment therewith. A force-exerting arrangement which axially resiliently presses the two ring members to one another includes a first resilient sealing ring being coaxial with and engaging one of the ring members; and a second resilient sealing ring being coaxial with and engaging the other of the ring members. The first and second sealing rings are in a radial alignment with one another and are stressed by clamping arrangements, so that the sealing rings exert axial forces on the two ring members, pressing them together. At least the first sealing ring and the first clamping arrangement are so designed that the axial restoring force generated by virtue of the deformation of the first sealing ring seeks to reduce the axial dimension of the resiliently deformed first sealing ring. Such an axial restoring force constitutes the axial pressing force exerted by the first sealing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: AE Goetze GmbH
    Inventor: Hans-Henning Zutz