Peripheral Radially Sealing Flexible Projection (e.g., Lip Seal, Etc.) Patents (Class 277/549)
  • Publication number: 20080315530
    Abstract: A radial shaft seal for a shaft or axle supported in a housing comprises a sealing element lying on the shaft made of a polymer material and a part fixed relative to the housing. The radial shaft seal for a shaft or axle can be supported in the drive train of a motor vehicle. The radial shaft seal can comprise a holding guide means supported on the shaft to hold the sealing element coaxial to the shaft. The holding guide means is connected to the part fixed relative to the housing by means of a flexible sealing membrane. The holding guide means at least in the contact area to the shaft is made of an essentially rigid material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Michael vom Schemm
  • Patent number: 7465100
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus capable of increasing a grease resistance property, wherein the tip of a sealing lip is formed so that an inner side contact angle ? is equal to an open-air side contact angle ? (?=?), that is, formed in a triangular shape to prevent grease inside the apparatus from leaking so as to increase the grease resistance property, and since the extending direction of the sealing lip is set at a middle of an inner side and an open-air side, a trouble such as the inversion of the sealing lip due to the occurrence of an inner pressure does not occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Nok Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Matsui
  • Patent number: 7458291
    Abstract: A rack and pinion steering system including a rack slidably supported within a housing that engages in a pinion gear wherein the housing includes a cylindrical sleeve having an outer seal surface with a slight medial taper at one end thereof. A yoke assembly, which is received by the cylindrical sleeve, operates to guide the rack and maintain engagement of the rack and pinion during operation of the steering system and includes a yoke member engaging the rack. A retainer member holds a yoke plug, used in the yoke assembly, in position and has a compliant annular seal member having an inner sealing surface that has a complementary slight outward extending taper to provide a self-sealing interface with the medial taper of the outer seal surface of the cylindrical sleeve to protect the internal components of the steering system from water and other contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: John D. Douma, John F. Laidlaw, Madhu Nambiar
  • Publication number: 20080272556
    Abstract: A sealing device in which a main seal lip used for a shock absorber is formed in a one-stage structure, wherein a satin finishing portion is formed on a sliding surface of the main lip at a position apart a specified distance from a lip edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Sato, Masaru Watanabe, Koichi Mizunoya, Takeo Otani, Hidenori Arai, Sosuke Ito, Ryota Okubo
  • Publication number: 20080265520
    Abstract: A sealing element is provided for placement between first and second components, wherein the first component includes a cylindrical cavity with a step-shaped shoulder which narrows the cavity, and the second component is a cylindrical component for placement in the cavity. The sealing element comprises a stiffening body with a L-shaped longitudinal cut surface, with the first leg of the L, shape being provided extending between the jackets of the cavity and of the second component, and the second leg being provided essentially in the region of the shoulder extending between the two components and at least in partial regions for touching the shoulder and the end side of the second component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventor: Jurgen Kurth
  • Publication number: 20080258405
    Abstract: A high performance sealing device having an excellent pressure resistance and realizing a prevention of damage. The sealing device usable at a working pressure of 0 to 2 MPa, and not damaged. even if the pressure of high-pressure fuel of 5 MPa or higher is applied thereto, wherein high pressure fuel on the high pressure side H is sealed by a first seal part 2, oil from a cam side on a low pressure side L is sealed by a second seal part 3, and the fuel slightly leaked due to failure of scraping at the first seal part is sealed by the second seal part to form a dual seal structure, and a resin ring 21 coming into slidable sealing contact with a shaft 10 is used in the first seal part 2, whereby abnormal abrasion does not occur even when fuel having less lubricity is used, and the durability of the seal is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Inventors: Masatoshi Okada, Iwao Taira, Tadashi Abiko, Yosuke Kondo, Kazuki Takeno, Ichiro Yamane
  • Publication number: 20080217863
    Abstract: A sealing assembly is provided for sealing an interface between two shafts, including a primary and secondary seal and a rotatable shaft sleeve having inner and outer sleeves forming a sealing cavity therebetween, and enclosing one of the seals. The secondary seal contacts the outer sleeve, and the primary seal contacts the inner sleeve, with the secondary seal circumscribing part of the primary seal. The seals each have a pair of sealing lips forming a sealing cavity therebetween, with one pair of sealing lips being sufficiently shaped to contact the inner sleeve, and the other pair of sealing lips being sufficiently shaped to contact the outer sleeve. A fluid fills the sealing cavities to provide a barrier to debris. The seals are bonded to a seal arm positioned adjacent the housing in contact therewith. The secondary seal is positioned between the sleeve and housing, and circumscribing the interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventor: Glen R. Beatty
  • Patent number: 7419165
    Abstract: A seal assembly and method for the manufacture thereof is provided. The seal assembly provides a dynamic fluid seal between a housing having a bore and a shaft having an outer running surface rotating within the bore. The seal assembly comprises a rigid carrier for supporting the seal assembly within the bore of the housing. A flexible member is mounted to the rigid carrier. The flexible member is formed from an elastomeric material that allows the flexible member to flex during use. A sealing element is retained by the flexible member about the outer running surface. The sealing element is formed from a non-polytetrafluoroethylene bearing grade plastic material having a hardness relatively greater than a hardness of the elastomeric material of the flexible member. The sealing element moves with the flexible member as the flexible member flexes. The sealing element extends along the outer running surface in a plurality of helically wound convolutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Toth, Frederick Hatch
  • Publication number: 20080196523
    Abstract: A dustproof device for a ball screw disposed on an end surface of a nut comprises: an absorber, an oil scraping piece and a wiping member. The absorber is made of liquid-absorbing material. The oil scraping piece has an oil scraping portion contacting the surface of the screw. The wiping member is formed with a threaded portion for meshing with the surface of the screw. And a plurality of protrusions is formed between the wiping member and the oil scraping piece for defining at least one radial through hole between the wiping member and the oil scraping piece. Therefore, the dustproof device can block and remove powder and liquid, and prevent lubricant leakage out of the nut and can absorb a tiny amount of cutting fluid passing through the oil scraping piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventor: Chia-Min LIU
  • Patent number: 7413164
    Abstract: A rubber (elastic substance) is attached by vulcanization and an annular sealing member 4 is formed in an annular groove 3 having a step and provided in the bottom wall of a body 2 of a valve disc 1. The sealing member 4 has an annular portion 41 and an annular portion 42. Most of the annular portions 41, 42 are located in a deep groove portion 31 and a shallow groove portion 32, respectively, and the volume of the annular portion 41 is larger than the volume of the annular portion 42. Furthermore, an annular protrusion 43, which protrudes downward, is provided in the boundary region between the annular portions 41, 42. An inclined section that is inclined at the prescribed inner angle Q is also formed in the boundary region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norio Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 7401789
    Abstract: The invention contemplates a rack bushing and a rack and pinion steering assembly for use in a vehicle that includes such a rack bushing. The steering assembly may include a housing having a tubular rack portion with a tubular end, a rack mounted in the tubular rack portion and extending out of the tubular end, and a rack bushing mounted in the rack portion around the rack. The rack bushing includes a generally annular main body portion having a generally cylindrical inner surface centered about the axis and supporting the rack, an outer surface centered about the axis and including a generally cylindrical main surface adapted to engage the tubular end of the housing, and a first end and an opposed second end. The rack bushing may include a plurality of bores extending within the main body axially from the first end a portion of the way toward the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: TRW Automotive U.S. LLC
    Inventors: Dennis F. Harer, Eric A. Roline, William E. Allen, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7398975
    Abstract: A rotation shaft seal provided with a rubber sealing portion which contacts a surface of a rotation shaft and an outer case to which the rubber sealing portion is unitedly fixed. The outer case has an inner brim portion on an inner end portion on a sealed fluid side. The inner brim portion is covered by the rubber sealing portion. A sliding portion is disposed on an axis-orthogonal face including the inner brim portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keizo Morimoto, Takeshi Baba
  • Patent number: 7384494
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method of forming a seal device. The method includes forming a laminate construction including a flexible material layer and a rigid material layer, patterning the rigid material layer after forming the laminate construction, and shape forming the laminate construction into the seal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: John W. Kosty, Jon M. Lenhert, Michael A. MacIsaac
  • Publication number: 20080122183
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to sealing devices used in conjunction with two relatively rotatable members and having a fluid seal there between. Finger seals are utilized to achieve sealing between a rotating member and a stationary member. As such the present invention involves a double padded finger seal with both pads oriented axially in the same direction. The sealing apparatus may optionally utilize a padless third laminate. In other embodiments, the present invention provides variations of the basic double padded finger seal with pad configurations utilizing various arrangements and geometries of the padded area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Minel J. BRAUN, Hazel Marie, Ian SMITH
  • Patent number: 7318589
    Abstract: A pulser ring and a second seal ring are separately formed. When a multipolar magnetic rotor of the pulser ring is bonded to an outer circumferential face of an outer cylindrical portion of an annular core portion, the multipolar magnetic rotor is opposed to a magnetic sensor in the radial direction. Due to the above structure, the multipolar magnetic rotor can be strongly supported by an outer cylindrical portion of the annular core portion. Therefore, even when a rotary centrifugal force is given to the multipolar magnetic rotor, it can not be swung in the radial direction. Accordingly, an interval of the multipolar magnetic rotor and the magnetic sensor in the radial direction, which are opposed to each other, can be maintained constant irrespective of an intensity of the centrifugal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignees: Jtekt Corporation, Uchiyama Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventors: Takeshi Kageyama, Katsura Koyagi, Masahiro Inoue
  • Publication number: 20070296161
    Abstract: A seal for sealing a movable member from a chamber containing a fluid includes a tube having various shapes. The seal is configured to seat in a gland around a movable member. In beneficial embodiments the seal has a tapered shape so that the top portion does not fill the entire gland. The seal can be made of compressed graphite ribbon that has a greater density at the top than then bottom. A die for making the seal in the tapered shape and with a decreasing density gradient is described. A method for making the seal with a die is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventor: Richard L. Dudman
  • Publication number: 20070246895
    Abstract: A low-torque dynamic seal that seals at least one interstice defined between a moving part and a fixed part, which on a first side, opens at a location external to the fixed part, and on a second or other side, opens at a location internal to the fixed part and contains a lubricant fluid having a viscosity that is lower than conventional grease or other such lubricants. The seal includes a treatment region having adjacent surfaces of the moving and fixed parts, which define the at least one interstice. The adjacent surfaces attain superficial tensions that are substantially lower than a superficial tension of the low viscosity fluid so that the low viscosity fluid is not able to wet the adjacent surfaces. As a result, the interstice between the adjacent surfaces does not leak the low viscosity fluid therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventor: Orlando Da Mota Pavan
  • Publication number: 20070210528
    Abstract: An overmolded fuel seal for preventing the leakage of fuel and fuel vapours in external fuel tank applications in a vehicle fuel system. The fuel seal comprises a fuel-resistant carrier that is overmolded with fuel-resistant elastomer. The carrier comprises flexible sealing lips and in the preferred embodiment an anchoring means, for attachment of an elastomer portion comprising sealing lips. The elastomer portion can be mechanically and/or chemically attached to the carrier. The compressed elastomer provides primary liquid and vapour sealing and the flexible lips of the carrier provide a secondary seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicant: POLY-NOVA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Philip Baber
  • Patent number: 7264249
    Abstract: A hub unit including a hub and a flange integrally formed with the hub, and a seal including a core metal and an elastic body integrally molded with the core metal. The elastic body includes one or more lips in sliding contact with one or both of the hub and the flange. The elastic body includes a molded rubber, wherein the molded rubber contains, as a raw rubber, acrylonitrile/butadiene rubber having an acrylonitrile monomer content of from 26 to 36% by weight. In a first embodiment, the hub unit includes a hub adapted for receiving a shaft and a flange integrally formed with the hub, and the seal is attached to an outer circumference of the hub unit. In a second embodiment, the hub unit includes an inner ring having a raceway surface for receiving rolling elements and an outer ring. The seal seals the space between the inner ring and the outer ring. Furthermore, the seal includes a radial lip in sliding contact with an outer circumferential surface of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: NSK, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Yokoyama, Takahiko Uchiyama, Toshikazu Yabe, Toshimi Takajo
  • Patent number: 7201380
    Abstract: A dynamic seal for a rotary shaft, the seal comprising a sleeve for being constrained in rotation on the shaft and an annular lip of polymer having a low coefficient of friction to come into sliding rotary contact with a stationary casing surrounding said shaft so that the dynamic seal provides sealing between said shaft and said casing. An annular encoder element of magnetizable polymer and presenting at least one polarized mark is secured to said sleeve and forms a support for said lip. The invention also provides a device including such a seal, and a method of fabricating the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Hutshinson
    Inventor: Bernard Branchereau
  • Patent number: 7198719
    Abstract: A sealer holding member for a membrane element is disposed at an end of a spiral-type membrane element on an outer circumference thereof, and allows a feed to flow into a membrane end of the membrane element. The sealer holding member includes a first annular portion, an annular projection, a second annular portion, and a third annular portion arranged in this order. The first annular portion is engaged with an outer-covering member for the membrane element and receives an end of the membrane element without contacting a side of the membrane element. The second annular portion receives a sealer on an outside thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Chikura, Yasuhiro Uda
  • Patent number: 7172697
    Abstract: A seal ring holder for membrane elements which is capable of attaining an increase in the area of membranes packed per element; and a membrane element using the seal ring holder, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Chikura, Yasuhiro Uda
  • Patent number: 7156399
    Abstract: A sealing device comprises a sealing member brought into contact with a contact surface so as to be slidable in a predetermined sliding direction. The sealing member comprises a sliding contact portion containing a high polymer material to be brought into sliding contact with the contact surface. A plurality of recessed or protruding streaks, which are independent of one another, are provided side by side so as to constitute a column on a surface of the sliding contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Liming Lou
  • Patent number: 7156400
    Abstract: A seal assembly provides a rotating portion and a rotationally fixed portion. The rotating portion includes a running sleeve, a slinger segment and an upper seal segment. The slinger segment radially extends outward of the fixed portion so as to protect the fixed portion. The fixed portion includes a press fit outer diameter which is pressed into an opening located within the assembly. A seal mount segment located receives a resilient annular seal which rides upon the running sleeve and the upper seal segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Jack Darrin Oates
  • Patent number: 7134671
    Abstract: A seal having a body portion, at least one lip portion extending from the body portion, and a protrusion formed on the at least one lip portion. The lip portion and protrusion formed thereon may each include an arcuate segment wherein the arcuate segment of the protrusion exhibits a smaller radius than the arcuate segment of the lip portion. The protrusion further includes a surface or a segment adjoining its arcuate segment on the intended fluid or upstream side of the seal. The segment of the protrusion on the intended fluid side may be configured to be substantially perpendicular with the surface of a machine element with which it comes in contact. The configuration and orientation of the protrusion enables the seal to apply an increased contact force over a reduced area, improving penetration of any fluidic film formed on the surface of the machine element and thereby reducing leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Macrotech Polyseal, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Thomas Duke, A. Todd Hagen
  • Patent number: 7131648
    Abstract: A seal assembly adapted for use in creating a seal between an axially extending shaft and a support member. The seal assembly defines an axial passage through which the shaft extends, wherein a bearing assembly is mounted to the support member and includes a stationary outer race and an inner race which rotates along with the shaft. The seal assembly includes a rigid ring defining an axial passage through which the shaft extends and a resilient material carried by the ring. The resilient material defines an inner sealing section adapted to engage the shaft and an outer sealing section located radially outwardly of the inner sealing section and adapted to engage an outer sealing surface associated with the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Trostel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard E. Peterson, Jr., Merrill Karcher
  • Patent number: 7125020
    Abstract: A rotary fluid pressure device (11) having a housing (13,31), inlet and outlet ports (21,23), a gerotor gear set (15), a valve member (51) and an input-output shaft (49). A seal assembly (73) is disposed radially between the shaft (49) and the housing (31). The seal assembly comprises, in the order of leakage flow from a case drain region (63), a high pressure shaft seal (77), an annular chamber (71) in which is disposed a rigid back-up member (79;91) for the seal (77), a drain passage (81) communicating from the annular chamber (71) to a case drain port (47), and a low pressure shaft seal (83). The back-up member (79;91) may cooperate with either the housing (31) or the seal (77) or the input-output shaft (49) to define a fluid passage (87,89;93,95), so that any leakage flow past the high pressure shaft seal (77) flows through the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: James M. LeClair, Jr., Jarett D. Millar, Andrew T. Miller
  • Patent number: 7118114
    Abstract: A dynamic sealing arrangement for preventing leakage of a fluid along a shaft includes multiple seals and pressurized barrier sealant. According to one aspect, at least three seals are arranged along the shaft with pressurized barrier sealant between the first and second seals and a collection area is provided between the second and third seals to collect any leakage that might occur. Collected leakage, if any, is ported to an output port. According to another aspect, a unitary seal block member is provided that supports the dynamic sealing arrangement for the shaft and defines a piston chamber and a drilled passageway connecting the piston chamber and barrier sealant pressurization chamber between two seals. A substantial amount of plumbing is self contained in a single body minimizing the need for additional components or complexity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Woodward Governor Company
    Inventors: Wade A. Burdick, Gary M. Bowman
  • Patent number: 7114726
    Abstract: A seal cartridge for a centrifugal pump includes a housing that fits within a conventional stuffing box of the pump and has a cylindrical internal surface receiving the shaft. A pair of annular grooves are provided internally of the housing adjacent respectively opposite ends thereof. Each groove receives an O-ring that runs in contact with the sleeve when the shaft rotates. The sleeve, housing and O-rings define an annular chamber through which water is circulated to cool and lubricate the O-rings. The water is pressurized to cause the O-rings to deform and seal against the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: AV Cell Inc.
    Inventor: James Daniel Murray
  • Patent number: 7093820
    Abstract: A low leakage seal for separating two environments and contacting a component surface is provided. The seal includes a base and an annular rib. The annular rib is coupled to and extends from the base. The annular rib includes at least one contact surface configured to contact the component surface having a plurality of angularly cut radial grooves formed therein. The annular rib flexes and pressure energizes in the presence of a pressure differential between the two environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Anderson, William L. Giesler, Brad King, Jimmy D. Wiggins
  • Patent number: 7090222
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a shaft sealing apparatus which comprises a vacuum casing formed with a vacuum chamber, a driving shaft having an outer cylindrical surface and movably extending in the vacuum chamber of the vacuum casing, and a sealing ring in the form of an annular ring shape and including a sealing lip held in contact with the outer cylindrical surface of the driving shaft, an annular spring member operative to impart a force to the sealing lip to ensure that the sealing lip is held in tight contact with the outer cylindrical surface of the driving shaft, and a peripheral portion radially outwardly extending from the sealing lip, in which the outer cylindrical surface of the driving shaft is smaller in surface roughness Ra than 0.1 (?m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Teijin Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Watanabe, Hiroki Mori, Chohei Okuno
  • Patent number: 7073639
    Abstract: A rotational machine includes a shaft, a rotary member rotatably mounted on the shaft with a bearing fitted between the shaft and the rotary member, an oil seal for sealing the bearing to prevent leakage of lubricant from inside the bearing through its axial end onto a surface of the rotary member, a brake which comes into sliding contact with a contact surface area formed on the surface of the rotary member for arresting rotation of the rotary member, a supporting member fixedly mounted on the shaft face to face with the rotary member forming a gap therebetween, the gap serving as a fluid path through which the lubricant which has leaked over the oil seal is allowed to flow, and an oil stop portion formed at a location in the gap between the oil seal and the contact surface area for impeding flow of the leaked lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ota, Akira Hashimoto, Shinichiro Yoshida, Yuji Nakahara, Hisanori Uozumi, Naoki Hashiguchi, Naoki Kajita
  • Patent number: 7056087
    Abstract: A rotating shaft seal assembly for a shaft supported for rotation within a housing includes a traction drive rotating a seal ring about the shaft at a speed different from the shaft. The seal ring supports a plurality of seal elements rotated at the speed different from the shaft. The reduced speed of the sealing elements and reduced pressure at each seal reduces the PV level allowing the use of known sealing materials in applications otherwise not within applicable PV levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand
    Inventor: W. Clark Dean
  • Patent number: 7055825
    Abstract: Herein disclosed is a shaft sealing apparatus which comprises a vacuum casing formed with a vacuum chamber, a driving shaft having an outer cylindrical surface and movably extending in the vacuum chamber of the vacuum casing, and a sealing ring in the form of an annular ring shape and including a sealing lip held in contact with the outer cylindrical surface of the driving shaft, an annular spring member operative to impart a force to the sealing lip to ensure that the sealing lip is held in tight contact with the outer cylindrical surface of the driving shaft, and a peripheral portion radially outwardly extending from the sealing lip, in which the outer cylindrical surface of the driving shaft is smaller in surface roughness Ra than 0.1 (?m).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Teijin Seiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Watanabe, Hiroki Mori, Chohei Okuno
  • Patent number: 7052020
    Abstract: A hydrodynamically lubricating rotary seal for partitioning a lubricant from an environment has a generally circular seal body, a sloping dynamic sealing lip, and an energizer. The dynamic sealing lip is provided for establishing compressed sealing relation with a relatively rotatable surface, and has a sloping dynamic sealing surface that varies in width, and also has a hydrodynamic inlet curvature that varies in position around the circumference of the seal. When the seal is installed against a relatively rotatable surface, the dynamic sealing lip deforms to define a variable width interfacial contact footprint against the relatively rotatable surface that is wavy on the lubricant side, and wedges a film of lubricating fluid into the interface in response to relative rotation. The environment edge of the interfacial contact footprint is substantially circular, and therefore does not produce a hydrodynamic wedging action in response to relative rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Kalsi Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Gobeli, Lannie Dietle, Manmohan S. Kalsi
  • Patent number: 7031106
    Abstract: The sealing members (14a, 14b) comprise a film member produced by forming an aluminum or alumina deposition film on at least one side surface of a film-like core material. One side surface outer circumferential rim part of the sealing members is bonded and fixed on the outer end surface of outer rings (9, 9) constituting the rolling bearings (4, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventor: Seizo Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 7025357
    Abstract: A shaft seal includes an elastomeric annular body having an outwardly protruding annular lip. An annular outer case is embedded into the body. An annular insert is positioned adjacent the outer case. An annular inner case is embedded into the body adjacent the insert. The outer case, the insert, and the inner case support the lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership
    Inventors: Andrew C. Spain, Robert P. LaPlante
  • Patent number: 7021633
    Abstract: A fluid seal device for use in sealing an annular space between an internal surface of a cylinder and a member therein having an outer cylindrical surface and being formed at least in part from rubber. An oleamide additive is included in the rubber compound comprising about 1.0%–5.0% by weight of oleamide. The oleamide additive to the rubber of the fluid seal device results in a reduced coefficient of friction and low speed vibration as well as enhanced abrasion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Gorman Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Hal W. Gorman
  • Patent number: 6997461
    Abstract: A seal system for use in high speed, high pressure applications including a rigid retainer and a resilient body covering the retainer having pressure balancing control. Reduced clearance of the metal case retainer prevents seal extrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Troy Smith, Larry J. Castleman
  • Patent number: 6988733
    Abstract: A radial shaft seal having a metal casing and a rubber sealing portion attached interior of the metal casing. The rubber sealing portion is bonded to the metal casing during a forming operation. A polytetrafluoroethylene seal is stretched into a conical shape and bonded to the rubber sealing portion while in the stretched state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.
    Inventor: Frederick Ronald Hatch
  • Patent number: 6979001
    Abstract: A wheel bearing includes a sealing device 5 positioned between inner and outer members 1 and 2. This sealing device 5 includes an elastic member 14, which eventually forms an encoder grid and is provided on a first annular sealing plate 11. A second annular sealing plate 12 is provided with sealing lips 16a to 16c. An engagement 18 between a cylindrical wall 11a of the first annular sealing plate 11 and the inner member 1 is provided with an elastic member 20 made of a material dissimilar to that for the elastic material 14. This elastic member 20 may be a rubber coated layer, resin paint layer, a thin film of adhesive material or a ring-shaped rubber member. Thereby, any possible ingress of water across an engagement surface of the annular sealing plate is prevented, accompanied by increase of the lifetime of the bearing, with no problem associated with separation and displacement of the annular sealing plates. The magnetic flux density can also be easily secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: NTN Corporation
    Inventors: Hisashi Ohtsuki, Takayuki Norimatsu, Eiji Funahashi, Koji Kametaka, Motoharu Niki, Katsumi Sugiyama, Kenro Adachi
  • Patent number: 6974136
    Abstract: Sealing device (1) for a wheel hub group (2) connected to the differential (3) of a vehicle, and provided with a rolling bearing (9), the sealing device (1) being mounted in such a way as to protect the bearing (9) from a lubricating fluid for the lubrication of the differential (3), and presenting a first shield (22) which is integral with an outer race (10) of the bearing (9), a second shield (23) which is arranged inside the first shield (22) and which is integral with an inner race (11) of the bearing (9) and which faces the first shield (22) itself, and a dynamic sealing element (24) which is interposed between the first and second shields (22, 23); the second shield (23) being defined by a support portion (25) made of metallic material and force fit onto the inner race (11) and a cylindrical encoder (27) which is integral with the support portion (25), and the first shield (22) being made of metallic material lined with rubber material, and being provided with a loophole (38) which is suitable for being
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Angelo Vignotto, Andrea Griseri, Alfredo Monetti, Claudio Savarese
  • Patent number: 6971651
    Abstract: In a multi-chamber device a chamber with lubricant is sealed off on a rotationally drivable component from a second chamber at a peg of a power tool, by at least one seal sliding at a contact face, and least one stationary component is provided in the chamber with lubricant before the contact face and surrounds a rotationally drivable component at least over a region of a circumference to substantially prevent turbulence in the lubricant in a region of the contact face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Frauhammer, Heinz Scherring, Joerg Friedrich, Andreas Strasser, Karsten Blair
  • Patent number: 6966558
    Abstract: A sealing device for a rolling bearing includes: a seal mounting groove formed to a shoulder of a raceway groove of a fixed ring; a circumferential step formed to a shoulder of the raceway groove of the rotational ring; and an annular resilient sealing member fit into the seal mounting groove, a sealing lip of the sealing member being brought into contact with a lateral surface of the circumferential step. The sealing member includes a fluoro resin and 10-60 parts by weight of a filler based on 100 parts by weight of the fluoro resin, and the filler includes a first filler having a Mohs hardness of 6 or more and 8 or less in amount of 25%-75% by weight or less of the filler, and a second filler having a Mohs hardness of less than 6 as the remaining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukitoshi Murakami, Yoshitaka Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 6955358
    Abstract: An oil seal (10) includes a first seal (20) for sealing an engine (1) side and a second seal (30) for sealing a flywheel (4) side. The first seal (20) is an axial seal abutted on an inner ring (11) from the direction along the axial direction of a crank shaft (2). The second seal (30) is a radial seal abutted on the inner ring (11) from the direction along the radial direction of the crank shaft (2). A communication hole (25) is provided on the second seal (30), thereby preventing a space (40) surrounded by the first seal (20), the second seal (30) and the inner ring (11) from the occurrence of the negative pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisaku Iwakata, Kenji Mihara
  • Patent number: 6955359
    Abstract: A seal assembly has simple assembly structures, and provides secure sealing effects. A crawler-track connection structure allows the seal assembly to be easily mounted, and securely prevents overflow of a lubricant and the like to the outside. A pair of seal rings (1) and (1) individually having lip portions (23) and (23) are disposed such that each of the lip portions (23) and (23) protrudes in a direction opposing an axial direction, and a load seal ring (2) is compressed and inserted between the pair of seal rings (1) and (1). The load seal ring (2) exerts reaction forces on the pair of lip portions (23) and (23) outwardly in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Teiji Yamamoto, Akira Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Nakaishi
  • Patent number: 6953193
    Abstract: To reduce a sliding resistance to the rotation member, and whereby to reduce a torque, a thickness of an inner diameter side lip is formed to be larger than a thickness of an outer diameter side lip, and the outer diameter side lip is formed thinner than the inner diameter side lip in thickness. A depression for inhibiting both the lips from pulling at each other is provided between the inner diameter side lip and the grease lip. A bent portion for reducing a close contact load applied to a rotation member is provided in an intermediate portion in a longitudinal direction of the inner diameter side lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2005
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Go Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 6951337
    Abstract: A V-ring seal is disclosed for sealing between relatively rotatable surfaces in which the V-ring seal comprises PTFE and includes a body with an inner side for abutting against a first surface and a lip extending from the body towards a second surface, the lip including a rear side distal from the second surface, a front side proximate to the second surface, a lower portion proximate to the body, an upper portion distal from the body, a sealing surface on the front side of the lip for abutting the second surface to seal the second surface, and a resilient ring for providing a force acting on the lip to urge the sealing surface towards the second surface, the resilient ring being disposed on the front side of the lower portion of the lip whereby the resilient ring is concealed from the rear side of the lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventor: Jörgen T Lundberg
  • Patent number: 6945537
    Abstract: A sealing ring comprising a bearing ring with a radial flange and a sealing sleeve, which at its free end is connected to a thickened, surrounding bulge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
    Inventors: Celine Guillerme, Eric Kammerer
  • Patent number: 6945535
    Abstract: A seal, especially for shafts movable in a translational direction, has at least one static sealing area and at least one dynamic sealing area and another sealing point outside of the dynamic sealing area. The other sealing point is formed by at least two elements functionally connected to each other, one of which at least one is stationary and at least one other is movable, following a shaft stroke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Sealing Systems Bretten GmbH
    Inventor: John Kapcoe