By Distinct Members Patents (Class 277/577)
  • Patent number: 11927218
    Abstract: A sealing device is disposed between an inner member and an outer member that rotate relative to each other to seal a gap between the inner member and the outer member of the sealing device, and includes a first sealing member including a cylindrical part to be mounted to the outer member, and an annular part that extends radially inward from the cylindrical part toward the inner member; and a second sealing member including a sleeve to be mounted to the inner member, and a flange that extends radially outward from the sleeve, the flange facing the annular part of the first sealing member. The first sealing member includes at least three axial lips made from an elastic material that extends from the annular part toward the flange of the second sealing member. An axial lip disposed radially outer side has an interference that is greater than that of an axial lip disposed radially inner side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Sugawara, Masahiro Seki, Yuichi Tarukawa
  • Patent number: 11808298
    Abstract: A bearing unit having a radially outer ring, a radially inner ring, a row of rolling elements interposed between the outer ring and the inner ring, a shaped sealing screen interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring and stably inserted inside a first seat of the outer ring, and a snap ring stably inserted inside a second seat of the radially outer ring and interacting with the shaped screen so as to lock it in the first seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Andrea A. Bertolini, Fausto Baracca, Fabio Cavacece, Pasquale Frezza
  • Patent number: 11788626
    Abstract: A seal rotor which can include a plurality of fluid inlets on the exterior. The fluid inlets can draw fluid into the body of the seal which can assist in removing heat from the primary sealing interface, thereby reducing thermal deformation of the sealing interface with its non-rotating counterpart. The seal rotor configuration allows fluid to flow through the seal rotor and keep the seal rotor closer to an isothermal state than a prior art seal rotor. The seal's body can additionally include a series of fins on the inside of the body. The fins define channels through which fluid entering via the fluid inlets can flow. These features function as a system for spreading and dissipating the heat of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventor: Michael Christopher Petrarca
  • Patent number: 11009077
    Abstract: A sealed bearing module for a tidal turbine that has a rotor having rotor blades disposed on a rotor hub and a rotor shaft carrying the rotor for transmitting a drive torque from the rotor hub to a transmission or a generator in a nacelle which nacelle has a housing. The bearing module includes a first bearing ring and a second bearing ring, the first bearing ring is a split bearing ring having a first bearing ring part and a second bearing ring part, the second bearing ring has at least one axially extending bore for attaching the second bearing ring directly to the nacelle housing, the first bearing ring is configured to be connected to the rotor shaft and/or to the rotor hub, and the split bearing ring is preloaded by a preload element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Matthias Hofmann, Michael Baumann
  • Patent number: 10794492
    Abstract: A sealing device for a drive shaft is disclosed and described. The sealing device for a drive shaft comprises a housing disposed to surround the drive shaft between the inner space and the outer space, a plurality of sealing members axially separated from each other between the housing and the drive shaft to seal between the housing and the drive shaft, fixing ring members interposed between the plurality of sealing members to maintain the separation distance between the sealing members, and a fixing member secured to the housing to apply an axial pressure to the plurality of sealing members and fixing ring members, wherein a concave-convex section is formed on at least one of the close surfaces of the fixing ring member and the sealing member, which face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: SEALINK CORP.
    Inventor: Hee Jang Rhee
  • Patent number: 10411554
    Abstract: To provide a motor with a wiring board achieving simplification of work and suitable for automation of the work. A motor provided herein includes a wiring board attached to a stator with multiple wound coils. The wiring board comprises: a wiring settlement member where ends of the multiple coils are housed in their settled positions; and a circuit board with multiple terminals provided at positions corresponding to positions of the wiring settlement member where the coils are housed. The ends of the coils are connected under pressure to the terminals to form connections between the coils and the terminals by attaching the circuit board to the wiring settlement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koutarou Yamada, Takeshi Tamaki, Kouji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10130038
    Abstract: A corn head row unit gearbox includes an input shaft, that rotates about a first axis of rotation and that drives a set of gears. The gears transfer rotation of the input shaft into rotation of a gathering chain output shaft about a second axis of rotation, generally transverse to the first axis of rotation. The gathering chain drive shaft rotates within a bushing mounted within a frame structure of the gearbox. A bushing seal has an annular mounting sleeve with an inner diameter that is press fit over a boss on the frame structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Nathaniel R. Bernklau, Randy R. Welch, Duane M. Bomleny, Sara Cabezas, Javier Jose Perez Ramirez, Badhe Prafulla Sudhakar
  • Patent number: 9650990
    Abstract: A seal retention assembly is disclosed. The seal retention assembly includes a cover defining an aperture along a longitudinal axis. The seal retention assembly further includes a seal coupled to the cover adjacent to the aperture. The seal retention assembly also includes a retention device cooperating with the cover and the seal to secure the seal in engagement with the cover. In addition, a seal is disclosed. The seal includes a body portion, with the body portion including a first side and a second side opposing each other along a longitudinal axis. The body portion also includes an outer periphery disposed between the first and second sides and faces away from the longitudinal axis. The seal further includes a first retainer extending from at least one of the outer periphery and the first and second sides for securing the body portion to a cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Leonard Barry Griffiths, David R. Staley
  • Patent number: 9446751
    Abstract: A vacuum brake force booster for a motor vehicle brake system comprising: a force input member which is movable along a longitudinal axis and which is or can be coupled to a brake pedal, a control valve arrangement which can be actuated by the force input member, a chamber arrangement which is arranged in a housing and which has at least one working chamber and at least one vacuum chamber separated from one another by means of a movable wall and which has a force output member for transmitting an actuating force, wherein the at least one working chamber can be connected selectively to a vacuum source or to the atmosphere, wherein the control valve arrangement has a control valve housing which is coupled to the at least one movable wall for conjoint movement therewith, wherein the control valve arrangement has a force-transmitting arrangement which has a degree of axial play and which is arranged in the force transmission path between the force input member and the force output member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: LUCAS AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Frey, Ruediger Eick
  • Patent number: 8985589
    Abstract: A seal assembly for sealing a space between a shaft and a housing includes a seal having a central axis, an inner annular sealing lip sealingly engageable with the shaft and an outer annular rim with an outer circumferential surfaces engageable with the housing inner surface. At least one and preferably two support members are disposed within the annular rim and at least one and preferably a plurality of adjustment devices are coupled with the support members. Each adjustment device is configured to displace at least a portion of each support member radially outwardly with respect to the central axis, to displace at least a portion of the rim generally toward the housing inner surface, and/or to displace at least a portion of each support member radially inwardly toward the central axis to permit displacement of at least a portion of the rim generally away from the housing inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Yefim Epshetsky, John Manuel Dominguez
  • Patent number: 8851480
    Abstract: A lip type seal has a cartridge fitted to an inner periphery of a shaft hole, a first lip seal member, a case, a resin second lip seal member, a backup ring and an adapter, a protrusion section in a partial portion on a circumference is provided in a first flange section of the case to engage with the second lip seal member, whereby the second lip seal member is prevented from whirling with respect to the case and coming off to an inner side in a radial direction, and a projecting section in a partial portion on a circumference is provided in a flange section of the backup ring to engage with the second lip seal member, whereby the second lip seal member is prevented from whirling with respect to the backup ring and coming off to the inner side in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichiro Oiyama, Hideyuki Murakami, Yusaku Nakazono
  • Patent number: 8844935
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a bearing assembly. The sealing arrangement can include a static seal carrier coupled to a static component of the bearing assembly and including a first plurality of rings, a rotating seal carrier coupled to a rotating component of the bearing assembly and including a second plurality of rings, the first plurality of rings and the second plurality of rings disposed in an interdigitated arrangement so as to define a tortuous passageway therebetween, the tortuous passageway having one end in communication with a high pressure area of the bearing assembly and a second end in communication with a low pressure area of the bearing assembly, and a scraper seal coupled to the rotating seal carrier and disposed over the second end of the tortuous passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Gamesa Innovation & Technology, S.L.
    Inventor: Juan Redin
  • Patent number: 8820749
    Abstract: A labyrinth sealing device is disclosed for use between a rotating shaft and a bearing housing. In some embodiments, an internal stator engages the housing and a rotor engages the shaft. A labyrinth pathway is defined between the rotor and stator to prevent the migration of lubricants and/or contaminants in either direction. The rotor acts as a running surface for the sealing element, but may also with a ground surface of the rotor to provide a pump that continuously draws lubricant away from the sealing lip toward a sump. In another embodiment, the stator and sealing element are combined as a single element formed from a sealing material. A recess in the sealing lip creates a pressure differential at the sealing surface and minimizes wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher E. Tones, Gregory Burnett, Kwongvoon Wong, Earl Rogalski
  • Patent number: 8764020
    Abstract: A shaft seal device is provided in which movement of the seal lip is prevented and the sealing function can be reliably maintained by shaping the adapter so that the adapter is more readily pressed into and less liable to be dislodged from the cartridge, and by increasing the width in the radial direction. An external peripheral-side flange of the adapter fitted into the cartridge on the sealing fluid side of the first lip seal member is formed in a small-diameter tapered shape toward the web side, and the web is composed of an external-periphery-side portion having an orthogonal planar shape that is orthogonal to the center of the shaft, and a tapered internal-periphery-side portion that slopes to the sealing fluid side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhisa Arita
  • Patent number: 8684362
    Abstract: The present cartridge seal assemblies pertain to rotary lip-type seals. In certain embodiments, a sealing member is constructed of a relatively hard material that increases the lifespan of the sealing member. The sealing member is energized with a canted-coil spring, which in some embodiments includes an adjustable spring force. The present embodiments enable control of sealing force to achieve an appropriate sealing force between the sealing member and the shaft based on factors such as temperature, pressure, rotary speed, properties of fluid media, etc. to achieve longer seal life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Pete Balsells, Farshid Dilmaghanian, Derek Changsrivong
  • Patent number: 8668390
    Abstract: A radial shaft seal includes a seal ring connected to a support ring and having a seal lip that extends radially inwardly. A tension spring urges the seal lip radially inward against a seal raceway during operation of the radial shaft seal. A retaining device retains the tension spring and is radially supported on a rigid inner circumferential wall that radially surrounds the tension spring. The retaining device may be configured to at least one of: (i) limit a widening of the diameter of tension spring caused by centrifugal force to a predetermined upper limit and (ii) prevent the tension spring from flying off during operation at high rotational speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Inventor: Ferdinand Schweitzer
  • Patent number: 8544850
    Abstract: Seal assemblies for sealing around a moveable shaft, such as rotary or reciprocating, or static, are described. The seal assemblies prevent the passage of lubricant or fluid from a relatively high pressure area on a first side of the seal to a relatively low pressure area on a second side of the seal. In some embodiments, these seals are energized by energizers, such as circular springs or canted springs, to keep the seal in contact with the moveable shaft. The seals have primary and secondary seals. The secondary seal provides initial moderate sealing against abrasive particles or contaminants to reduce the exposure and wear of the primary seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Pete Balsells, Mike Foster, Majid Ghasiri, Sid Niknezhad
  • Patent number: 8403333
    Abstract: A low friction seal for sealing between a shaft and a bore and includes an inner case adapted to be mounted on the shaft. An outer case is adapted to be mounted within the bore. A seal element is mounted to the inner case and includes a base portion attached to the inner case. A membrane extends from the base portion and an axially extending leg extends from the membrane. A seal lip extends from the axially extending leg and sealingly engages a radially extending portion of the outer case. As the shaft rotates, the centrifugal forces tend to cause the membrane to flex and the torque loads applied by the dynamic seal are reduced to the point that the seal lip can lift off and apply zero torque load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership
    Inventors: Alexander Berdichevsky, David Sakata, Jianbin Jiang
  • Patent number: 8366117
    Abstract: A sealing device which includes an annular exterior sealing member; a reinforcing ring disposed in a housing hole to surround an outer circumference of a rotating shaft and to press a fitting portion of the exterior sealing member against an inner circumference surface of the housing hole; a retainer mounted in the reinforcing ring; an auxiliary sealing member having one end portion that is pinched and retained between the retainer and the reinforcing ring and the other end portion that is pressed against the outer circumference surface of the rotating shaft; and an elastic tongue piece and an engagement portion that are provided between the retainer and the reinforcing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoki Miyake, Yasuhiro Ikeda, Masanobu Kimura
  • Patent number: 8336887
    Abstract: A seal assembly disposed between relatively rotating members such as a rotating shaft passing through an opening in a stationary housing. The seal assembly may include a housing, such as a canister, and a seal member retained in the canister. The seal member may include an inner portion and an outer portion interconnected by a flexible wall and an aperture for receiving the shaft. The flexible wall may permit the inner portion to move relative to the outer portion of the seal member. The inner portion of the seal member may forms a seal with the shaft, and the seal member may rotate with the shaft within the canister. The seal assembly may engage an oil seal and may function as an excluder seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Inventor: Gregory H. Petrak
  • Patent number: 8256772
    Abstract: For better assembling characteristic and sealing performance with secured circularity and coaxiality of a seal lip, a lip type seal installed to an inner periphery of a shaft hole of a housing in slidable contact with a peripheral surface of a shaft for inhibiting a sealed fluid in the machine from leaking to an atmospheric air side, has a cartridge fitted to an inner periphery of the shaft hole, a first lip seal member made of a rubber-like elastic material and fitted in a non-bonding manner to the cartridge, a case fitted in a non-bonding manner to the first lip seal member, a second lip seal member made of a resin and a backup ring supporting the second lip seal member which are retained by caulking to the case, and an adapter fitted to the cartridge at a sealed fluid side of the first lip seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Itadani, Hideki Kawai, Hideki Tomoto, Hisayuki Akagi
  • Patent number: 8235391
    Abstract: A radial shaft seal assembly includes an outer case having an axially extending cylindrical outer rim and an axially extending cylindrical inner rim spaced radially from one another by an annular pocket. A radially extending first leg connects the outer rim to the inner rim and a second leg extends radially inwardly from the inner rim to a free end. The assembly includes a wear sleeve having an axially extending cylindrical wall with an outer surface providing a running surface and a flange extending radially outwardly from the running surface. A seal lip extends inwardly from the free end of the second leg into sealing abutment with the running surface. A first porous filter is received in the pocket, and a second porous filter extends in substantial abutment with the outer rim and the second leg of the outer case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Corporation
    Inventors: Frederick R. Hatch, David M. Toth
  • Patent number: 8028998
    Abstract: In order to provide a radial seal for sealing between a first component arranged radially inside the radial seal and a second component arranged radially outside the seal, which is suitable for sealing between two components, of which at least one has a non-rotationally symmetrical contact face for the radial seal, it is proposed that the radial seal comprises a non-rotationally symmetrical sealing body with an inner sealing face for application to the first component and an outer sealing face for application to the second component, a first reinforcement element, which supports the inner sealing face against a pressing force acting radially outwardly and a second reinforcement element, which supports the outer sealing face against a pressing force acting radially inwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: ElringKlinger AG
    Inventors: Martin Schleker, Klaus Bendl
  • Patent number: 8011671
    Abstract: A dynamic shaft seal assembly has inner and outer cases that are clamped together to secure a seal element therebetween for dynamic sealing about a rotatable shaft. The inner case is formed with integral pull tabs that are engageable by a seal removal tool to facilitate the removal of the seal assembly from a bore in which the seal assembly is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Madigan
  • Patent number: 7942424
    Abstract: For easier separation and sorting by material of constructing parts and better assembly retainability among the constructing parts and installing workability, a lip type seal has a elastic material-made first lip seal member (11) including a cylinder portion (12) fitted into a shaft hole (72) and a first seal lip (14) arranged at a sealed fluid side (A) and contacted with a shaft (73), a resin-made second lip seal member (21) including a second seal lip (23) arranged at an atmospheric air side (B) and contacted with the shaft (73), a metal-made spacer ring (31) arranged at the sealed fluid side (A) of the second lip seal member (21), and a metal-made retaining ring (41) retaining the spacer ring (31) and the second lip seal member (21), and these parts are assembled without bonding, so that the retaining ring (41) is fitted to the first lip seal member (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Shimomura, Hideki Tomoto, Masamitsu Sanada
  • Patent number: 7909333
    Abstract: A seal assembly has an inner wear sleeve with an axially extending tubular body. A flange extends radially outwardly from the body. An outer seal component has an axially extending tubular outer wall with a flange extending radially inwardly therefrom to support at least one dynamic seal lip in sealing engagement with the inner sleeve body. The outer seal component includes an annular retention lip disposed axially outwardly of the wear sleeve flange. The retention lip extends radially inwardly of a radially outer edge of the flange and is deflectable in an axial direction to enable the flange of the wear sleeve to be forced axially thereby during assembly, whereupon the retention flange returns to its non-deflected position to inhibit removal of the wear sleeve in the reverse axial direction. The annular retention flange has at least one axially extending debris expulsion slot for the escapement of debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald A. Greca
  • Publication number: 20100289224
    Abstract: A sealing element for a pipeline pig includes rigid first and second cup supports having outer peripheral edges. A resilient sealing element protrudes beyond the outer peripheral edge of each of the first cup support and the second cup support. Means are provided for clamping the sealing element between the first cup support and the second cup support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Donald D. Savard, Donna Savard
  • Patent number: 7793939
    Abstract: A seal cover includes a cylindrical part which is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of an axle, a flange part which is opposed to an end surface in an axial direction of a housing, interposing a small clearance, and a deflector part which is opposed to an outer peripheral surface of the housing, interposing a small clearance. A passage through which muddy water or the like arrives at an annular clearance from an exterior of a vehicle can be formed of the small clearances, and the passage can be made long. Because an overlapping amount between the deflector part and the outer peripheral surface of the housing can be secured, the muddy water or the like which has been splashed by a wheel and flowing from an outer peripheral side of the housing to an inner peripheral side can be made difficult to intrude into a space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: JTEKT Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Ishikawa, Masaru Deguchi, Youichi Tsuzaki
  • Patent number: 7753377
    Abstract: A shaft seal includes an elastomeric annular body having a radially inwardly protruding annular lip. An annular outer case receives the elastomeric annular body. An annular inner case is embedded into the elastomeric annular body. An annular insert is positioned adjacent the inner case. A backup/support insert is received in a recessed pocket in the elastomeric body and outboard of an axially extending annular bead protruding from the body and compressed sealingly against the radially inward extending leg of the seals annular outer case. The backup/support insert and axially extending annular bead act to prevent sealed fluid pressure from acting against a rind portion of the elastomeric body thus leaving outwardly extending beads of the rind portion free to compress or decompress to accommodate eccentric deflection of the shaft. The outer case, the insert, the backup insert and the inner case support the lip and compensate for shaft offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership
    Inventor: Robert P. Laplante
  • Patent number: 7722052
    Abstract: A rotation shaft seal to prevent inner leak from increasing along high-pressurization of sealed gas. A staged portion is formed on an outer case, and an end face on an inner side of the staged portion is covered with rubber to form a ring rubber portion of which end face is covered. A rubber end face of the rubber portion and a face on a peripheral edge of a seal element are pressed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Oida, Tetsuya Ashida
  • Patent number: 7708209
    Abstract: A riser seal cartridge for an irrigation sprinkler. The cartridge is formed of a rigid self support shell, and a sealing member formed of a resilient material covering the shell in areas which provide the seal. The sealing member includes a first portion which seals the top end of the sprinkler body, a second portion which seals an outer surface of the riser, a third portion which connects the first and second portions, and a fourth portion extending from the third seal portion which provides a seal for the support shell lower end portion. The first seal portion provides a high pressure seal to prevent leakage when the riser is in a fully extended position; and the second seal portion provides a low pressure seal during pressure build-up as the riser is extending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: K-Rain Manufacturing Corp.
    Inventor: Carl L.C. Kah, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7681888
    Abstract: A sealing system for sealing high liquid pressure and containing a wiper lip in either of two forms. The light pressure seal includes a seal casing, a seal body including a lip seal, a snap ring and a plastic back-up ring, and the wiper lip seals on either a radial or an axial surface. The casing may have radial and axial flanges or a radial flange only. The space between the two seals may be filled with grease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: SKF USA Inc.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Kurosawa
  • Patent number: 7347424
    Abstract: A dynamic shaft seal assembly has inner and outer cases that are clamped together to secure a seal element therebetween for dynamic sealing about a rotatable shaft. The inner case is formed with integral pull tabs that are engageable by a seal removal tool to facilitate the removal of the seal assembly from a bore in which the seal assembly is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Madigan
  • Patent number: 7344140
    Abstract: The lip-type seal of the present invention is a lip-type seal with which the outer periphery of a rotational shaft (S) supported by a predetermined housing (H) is sealed. The lip-type seal is made up of a first annular reinforcing member (11) and a first sealing member (12). The first reinforcing member (11) includes a wall surface part (11a) defining a hole through which the rotational shaft (S) is passed and a cylindrical part (11b) bent from the outer edge of the wall surface part (11a). The first sealing member (12) includes an annular base (12a) that is joined to the housing (H), a first lip part (12b) that extends almost conical from the base (12a) inwardly in the radial direction and that comes into contact with the rotational shaft (S), and an annular concave part (11c) formed on the base (12a) so as to detachably fit the cylindrical part (11b). Accordingly, a desired sealing capability can be secured, and the components can be easily assembled, disassembled, and recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7165771
    Abstract: A brush seal assembly is provided for sealing components which move relative to one another. One of the components includes a recess or groove for accommodating a clamping sleeve which supports bristles. A support plate which is formed separately from the component and the clamping sleeve is pressed into the recess and abuts the recess wall surfaces and the clamping sleeve to hold the same in a predetermined working position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Beichl, Carsten Butz, Christoph Cernay, Alfons Gail, Adriano Marchini, Alexander Rauschmeier
  • Patent number: 7134670
    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: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keizo Morimoto, Takeshi Baba
  • Patent number: 7040628
    Abstract: A large-diameter PTFE seal. The lip of the seal is made from a long strip of PTFE bound together at the ends with the aid of a patching tape to form a closed loop. The loop is then flanged and placed between an inner and an outer case, together with a rubber-like gasket, and the cases are crimped together, entrapping the lip material between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: SKF USA Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas B. Boyers
  • Patent number: 6726210
    Abstract: A sealing device for a gear box includes a box having a hole defined through a wall thereof and a shaft having a first end rotatably engaged with an inside of the box. A second end of the shaft is supported by a bearing which is received in a frame engaged with the hole of the box. A cap is connected to an end of the frame in the box and mounted to the second end of the shaft. A space is defined between a skirt and a protrusion of the cap so as to receive a seal therein. The seal has a flexible plate which is engaged with the end of the frame in the box. The flexible plate effectively prevents oil in the box from entering a gap between the bearing and the frame when the shaft is not rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Li Ming Machinery Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Hsing Lin
  • Patent number: 6702293
    Abstract: A seal member adapted to be mounted between a cylinder head cover and an ignition plug tube comprises a mount portion interposed radially movably between an upper surface of an annular stepped portion formed around an opening of the cylinder head cover for insertion of the ignition plug tube and a baffle plate. A first seal portion and a second seal portion project radially outward and inward, respectively, from the mount portion to be brought into contact with a peripheral surface of the annular stepped portion and the ignition plug tube, respectively. The second seal portion can be elastically deformed following relative radial movements between the mount portion and the ignition plug tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignees: Mahle Tennex Corporation, Keeper Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutoyo Endo, Norimasa Matsui
  • Patent number: 6666459
    Abstract: A radial shaft seal includes a supporting ring which is attached to at least one sealing ring made of a polymer material. The sealing ring has at least one sealing lip and an additional gasket is arranged on the side of the sealing lip facing away from the space to be sealed. The supporting ring is designed in one piece and has two radial projections arranged next to one another with an axial distance between them, where a circular additional gasket produced separately is arranged without adhesion in the gap formed by this distance and is under axial tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Firma Carl Freudenberg
    Inventor: Werner Hufnagel
  • Patent number: 6641141
    Abstract: A self contained anti-blowout seal includes a seal jacket having a static seal surface and a dynamic seal lip with a cavity therebetween. A retaining ring is provided and disposed, in part, within a cavity of the seal jacket and proximate the static seal surface for pressing the static seal surface against a mounting surface. The retaining ring includes a surface extending outside the cavity for bearing against a mounting surface and a depending portion is provided which extends over the cavity opening and includes at least one port communicating with the cavity for enabling a sealing medium to enter and exit the cavity as the seal is pressure energized. A biasing element is provided and disposed in the cavity for forcing the dynamic seal lip against a moving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering
    Inventor: John W. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 6575471
    Abstract: In a cylinder for a hydraulic system, a seal has a sealing bead clamped between a housing of the cylinder and a supporting part which holds the sealing bead in a deformed state by pretensioning. The seal is reliably held in its intended position by the supporting part and, therefore, pressure fluctuations in the pressure space do not cause a relative movement of the seal and wear of the sealing bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Mannesmann Sachs AG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Grosspietsch, Dieter Gebauer, Boleslaw Tulaczko, Volker Stampf, André Gemeinhardt, Klaus Krappmann
  • Patent number: 6565096
    Abstract: In a lip type seal, a case is tightly fitted and fixed to an inner circumferential surface of a housing through a gasket. A resin lip member constituted by an inner circumferential part extending in a bent state from a diameter direction part and its inner circumference to a sealed space side and forming a seal surface between an outer circumferential part of a rotary shaft and the resin lip member; a rear surface support plate disposed to abut on a rear surface of the diameter direction part of the resin lip member; and a stopper with a rear surface supported to a support surface of the housing through a second resin lip member and a second rear surface support plate and the top end coming close to or coming into contact with a rear surface of the inner circumferential part of the rear surface support plate, are provided on the inner circumference of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignees: Eagle Industry Co., Ltd., Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ikeda, Takeshi Yamada, Takayuki Imai
  • Patent number: 6502682
    Abstract: The abstract relates to a hydraulic clutch release system, particularly for motor vehicles. The system 1 has a master cylinder and a slave cylinder, and the slave cylinder has a piston 7 which is annular in form and works inside an annular cylinder 2. The leading end of the cylinder is fitted with a seal 9 which is mounted on a one-piece seal carrier 10a through an undercut part of the carrier in which the seal fits without leaving any empty space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Hartmut Koschmieder, Walter Parzefall, Ludwig Winkelmann, Harald Peschke
  • Patent number: 6293557
    Abstract: A sealing system for use in a chemical or gaseous delivery system has a delivery tube connected to a source of the material to be delivered and which intrudes into the revolving region where the material is to go. The sealing system has a secondary sealing nut affixed to the delivery end of the tube, and a primary sealing nut mounted on the secondary nut with a sealing member therebetween. When the region revolves, the two nuts are automatically tightened to hold the sealing member in firm and positive engagement with the housing surrounding the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Michael Mueller
  • Patent number: 6273231
    Abstract: A hydraulic clutch release system, particularly for motor vehicles has a master cylinder and a slave cylinder, and the slave cylinder has a piston 7 which is annular in form and works inside an annular cylinder 2. The leading end of the cylinder is fitted with a seal 9 which is mounted on a one-piece seal carrier 10a through an undercut part of the carrier in which the seal fits without leaving any empty space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Assignee: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Koschmieder, Walter Parzefall, Ludwig Winkelmann, Harald Peschke
  • Patent number: 6076645
    Abstract: A hydraulically controlled disconnect system for a friction clutch of motor vehicles is provided and is constructed as a slave cylinder which includes a pressure housing (2) which is arranged concentrically in relation to a gear box input shaft (3). A guiding sleeve is arranged radially apart from the pressure housing to create a circularly configured pressure chamber (9) in which a ring piston (7) is axially guided and movable. A reinforced seal (8a) on the pressure chamber side of the ring piston (7). The seal (8a) includes sealing lips (14, 15) which are arranged radially spread apart. In accordance with the invention, the reinforcement (18a) of the seal (8a) is held form-locking on the ring piston (7) with a degree of axial and radial freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: INA Walzlager Schaeffler oHG
    Inventors: Ludwig Winkelmann, Harald Peschke
  • Patent number: 6053505
    Abstract: A device for sealing connecting two assembly parts (1, 2) that are movable relative to one another, especially between two damper blades or one damper blade and one stop of a flue gas fitting, containing an elastic sealing element (5), which contains two clamping edges securable to an assembly part, as well as an arched sealing zone (10). The sealing element (5) is externally surrounded in overlapping fashion over a portion of its axial length by a plurality of close-fitting holding collars (3) made of spring steel, and the holding collars are secured to the supporting element (8) in the area of the edge of the supporting surface (15) directed away from the two clamping edges (6, 7) of the sealing element (5) in the vertical direction relative to the supporting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Mannesmann AG
    Inventor: Wilfried Starke
  • Patent number: 6004249
    Abstract: A slide disc seal for use in a roll of a paper or board making machine or finishing apparatus, which roll comprises a stationary axle (1) and a rotatable shell (2) with an end element (8) at each end and bearing elements (3) at each end of the roll. The slide disc seal comprises a circular sliding surface (10) on the end element (8), a chamber (18) on the other of the components (1) placed axially on the area of the sliding surface (10) and extending radially in relation to the sliding surface (10), and a ring-shaped sliding seal disc (15) having an inner edge, an outer edge and a lip seal (16) on one of the edges, the seal disc (15) being slidingly fitted within the chamber (18) so that the edge having the lip seal (16) is against the sliding surface (10) and the other edge of the seal disc (15) is within the chamber (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: Valmet Corporation
    Inventor: James Blais