Particular Seal Shape Patents (Class 277/626)
  • Patent number: 11920714
    Abstract: A sealing structure includes an inner pipe, an outer pipe, and a sealing ring, where the outer pipe is detachably sleeved on the inner pipe, a slot for inserting a pipe is formed between an inner wall of the outer pipe and an outer wall of the inner pipe, and the outer wall of the inner pipe is provided with a sealing groove for placing the sealing ring; the sealing ring includes a main body provided with a lip; the sealing groove includes a first sealing groove and a second sealing groove, the first sealing groove and the second sealing groove are stepped; the bottom of the lip fits the bottom of the first sealing groove; and the bottom of the main body fits the bottom of the second sealing groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: RIFENG ENTERPRISE (FOSHAN) CO., LTD., RIFENG ENTERPRISE GROUP CO., LTD., RiFeng New Material Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhenbin Diao, Ximin Li, Xiyong Lin, Jiajia Cheng, Wenfeng Chen, Huijian Cao, Ali Chen
  • Patent number: 11911069
    Abstract: A cannula seal is presented. The cannula seal includes a cross-slit seal that can include a side wall that includes folded sidewalls; slits that are formed by the folded sidewalls when the cross-slit seal is in a closed position; and a concave end surface at the slits. The cross-slit seal can include energizing ribs formed to close the seal. The instrument guide includes a pyramidal shaped seal that seals against doors when no instrument is inserted and seals against an instrument when the instrument is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Bram Gilbert Antoon Lambrecht, William J. Park
  • Patent number: 11873902
    Abstract: Systems and methods include providing an annular seal for an assembly. The seal includes a metallic annular body comprising an inner sealing leg having a first sealing lip, a second sealing lip, and a valley disposed between the first sealing lip and the second sealing lip. The valley contains a plating reserve, such that the plating thickness in the valley is greater than the plating thickness on the first sealing lip and the second sealing lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas George, Mark W. Armitage
  • Patent number: 11760194
    Abstract: Provided is a fuel adapter cover structure of a vehicle which can hide a fixing portion for fixing a hinge to a body and can reduce the number of components. A fuel adapter cover structure of a vehicle includes: an oil supply port side recessed portion, a first cover portion, a second cover portion, and a hinge storage portion. The oil supply port side recessed portion has an oil supply port side flange. The hinge storage portion stores a hinge supporting a fuel lid. The first cover portion and the second cover portion are continuous to the oil supply port side flange. By the first cover portion and the second cover portion, a first rivet and a second rivet which support the hinge on a vehicle-body are covered from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hironori Soshino
  • Patent number: 11732803
    Abstract: The metal seal has a middle base portion 3 of which cross-sectional configuration is laterally long rectangular, a first main convex portion 1 and a first auxiliary convex portion 11, and a second main convex portion 2 and a second auxiliary convex portion 12 respectively disposed on both ends of long sides 3A of the middle base portion 3. Ridge lines of the convex portions 1, 11, 2, and 12 form common straight lines L10 and L20 continuous to short sides of the rectangular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CABLE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kashihara, Satoshi Toudou
  • Patent number: 11614187
    Abstract: A female undersea hydraulic coupling member is equipped with a plurality of pressure-energized metal seals configured to seal between the body of the female member and the probe of a corresponding male hydraulic coupling member in response to ambient hydrostatic pressure and/or hydraulic fluid pressure. Pressure-energized metal seals may also be provided to seal between the body of the female coupling member and a removable seal retainer or seal cartridge. In one particular preferred embodiment, the pressure-energized seals are back-to-back metal C-seals separated by annular seal supports having a generally T-shaped cross section and retained on one or more shoulders in the body of the female member by a removable seal cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: National Coupling Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Smith, III, Scott Stolle, Chris Roy
  • Patent number: 11608925
    Abstract: A method of assembling a tapping sleeve includes positioning an outlet band on a pipe element with an arcuate portion of the outlet band contacting an outer surface of the pipe element, the outlet band including a front end, a back end, a first side end, a second side end, a first bend line defined between the first side end and the second side end and extending from the front end to the back end, a second bend line defined between the first bend line and the second side end and extending from the front end to the back end, wherein the outlet band defines an arcuate portion between the first bend line and the second bend line, a first flange defined between the first side end and the first bend line, and a second flange defined between the second side end and the second bend line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Scott P. Floyd, Charles Graham Hines, Daryl Lee Gibson
  • Patent number: 11561354
    Abstract: A butt closure base includes a base housing extending along a longitudinal axis between a first outer surface and a second outer surface, the base housing defining a plurality of cavities between the first and second outer surfaces, the plurality of cavities aligned in an annular array. A first gel is disposed in each of the plurality of cavities. The butt closure base further includes a plurality of wedge assemblies, each of the plurality of wedge assemblies removably insertable into one of the plurality of cavities. Each of the plurality of wedge assemblies includes an outer cover, a second gel, and a main pressure plate in contact with the second gel. The main pressure plate is movable along the longitudinal axis to apply pressure to the second gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: David Wittmeier, Eddie Kimbrell
  • Patent number: 11500170
    Abstract: A butt closure base includes a base housing defining a plurality of cavities. A first gel is disposed in each of the plurality of cavities. The butt closure base further includes a plurality of wedge assemblies, each of the plurality of wedge assemblies removably insertable into one of the plurality of cavities. Each of the plurality of wedge assemblies includes an outer cover, a second gel, and a main pressure plate in contact with the second gel. The main pressure plate is movable along a longitudinal axis to apply pressure to the second gel. Each of the plurality of wedge assemblies further includes a latch assembly. The latch assembly includes an adjustable tab and a stop member movable between a first position which limits movement of the adjustable tab and a second position in which movement of the adjustable tab is not limited by the stop member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: Eddie Kimbrell, David Wittmeier
  • Patent number: 11466583
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes: a first component; a second component positioned in proximity to the first component such that cavity is defined between the first and second components; a resilient seal disposed in the cavity so as to block gas flow between the first and second components, the resilient seal having a first contact surface contacting the first component and a second contact surface contacting the second component; and wherein the resilient seal is configured so as to produce a rolling movement in response to relative movement of the first and second components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Inventors: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Anusrita Raychaudhuri, Apostolos Karafillis
  • Patent number: 11415223
    Abstract: A seal includes a sealing ring constructed with a first portion folded over a second portion so as to define at least one inner annular space bounded by the first and second portions. At least one hollow portion is at least partially annular, and is formed in the sealing ring in at least one of the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Krausz Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Avi Chiproot
  • Patent number: 10954668
    Abstract: A gasket for concrete structures such as tunnel segments includes a gasket body having a bottom face configured to be positioned against a surface of an associated tunnel segment. First and second anchor members protrude from opposed side edges of the gasket adjacent the bottom face of the gasket. The anchor members are configured to attach the gasket to the tunnel segment during casting of a precast concrete member. The gasket body forms a groove in the concrete member and the anchor members form side channels in the groove. Should a defect be found in the original gasket, the gasket body can be removed from the groove of the concrete member relatively easily, even in the field, and a replacement gasket having corresponding anchor members can be snapped into the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Vertex, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. Andrick, Richard J. Bowers, Troy Davidson, James A. Westhoff
  • Patent number: 10927955
    Abstract: A sealing element of a motor vehicle may include a body, at least one first region, and at least one second region. The at least one first region may be composed of a first material. The at least one second region may be composed of a second material having a higher chemical resistance than the first material. A distribution of the at least one first region and a distribution of the at least one second region in a cross-sectional profile of the body may be variable in a longitudinal direction extending perpendicular to the cross-sectional profile of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Juergen Stehlig, Pierre-Yves Guiton
  • Patent number: 10883634
    Abstract: A metal seal can be crushed evenly without forming wrinkles and scratches due to sliding against first and second flat surfaces. The seal comprises a first/second end surface arranged to face the first/second flat surface, respectively. The first end surface comprises a first convex part having a curved or flat surface that contacts the first flat surface, and a first projection that is formed shifted in a radial direction from the first convex part and has a ridge line that contacts the first flat surface. Prior to deformation, when the second end surface contacts the second flat surface and the first flat surface is separated from the first end surface, a point where a vertical distance between the first convex part and the second flat surface is the greatest and the ridge line are located on the same surface that is parallel to the first flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE, HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Uemura, Hiroki Miyaji, Keiichi Murakami
  • Patent number: 10883602
    Abstract: A metal seal is annular, provided sandwiched between first and second flat surfaces. The seal includes a first/second end surface opposite to the first/second flat surface, respectively. The first end surface includes paired first protrusions formed displaced in a radial direction of the metal seal and have dihedral angles contacting the first flat surface, and the second end surface includes a second protrusion formed inward of one first protrusion and outward of the other first protrusion in the radial direction, and has a dihedral angle contacting the second flat surface, and paired third protrusions that are respectively formed inward and outward of the second protrusion and whose highest points to which perpendicular distances from a reference plane including the dihedral angles of the paired first protrusions are shorter than a perpendicular distance from the reference plane to the dihedral angle of the second protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: KUMAMOTO PREFECTURE, HORIBA STEC, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Uemura, Hiroki Miyaji
  • Patent number: 10744527
    Abstract: A brass fitting is in-molded in a plastic pipe fitting, which is coupled to a water supply line in a conventional matter. The brass insert receives a tapered seal with sealing surfaces that seat against the brass insert and a sprinkler head to form a sealed connection. The seal includes a tapered passageway for compression when tightening, as well as an external taper to allow the seal to conform to the socket formed by the plastic pipe fitting and brass insert. Also, a manufacturing method includes in-molding a brass insert within a plastic fitting using an O-ring which interfaces between the brass insert and surrounding molded fitting to seal the brass insert to the fitting. In one embodiment, the seal is used in a polymeric fitting without a brass insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Viking Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Eldon Douglas Jackson
  • Patent number: 10723210
    Abstract: Extruded seals including a sealing portion with a honeycomb profile and method for making extruded seals with honeycomb profiles. An extrusion tool is provided with a first and second plate connected together. The first plate has a plurality of pins, which are vented to form a honeycomb profile. The second plate has a profiled opening receiving the plurality of pins and forming the overall shape of the part, including the outermost surfaces of the part. The pins serve as mandrels for extruded molten material to flow around. Varying the pin configuration and dimensions changes the honeycomb profile. The honeycomb structure is provided in the sealing portion of the extrusion. The honeycomb profile is formed by itself, co-extruded with a rigid or semi-rigid structural member, or applied to the rigid or semi-rigid structural member after the structural member is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Vintech Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: James Schoonover
  • Patent number: 10524495
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a juice extraction module for juice capable of fundamentally blocking the introduction of dregs which degrade a texture of food when being mixed with the juice and certainly maintaining airtightness. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a dregs blocking part which isolates between a bottom surface of a juice extraction mesh and a bottom of the container maintains airtightness to fundamentally block the introduction of dregs into the juice, thereby improving a texture of food.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: NUC ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Boo Kim, Ji Tae Kim, O Jung Kwon, Young Dong Kim, Chan Yeol Kim, Ho Seok Lee, Seung Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 10519831
    Abstract: A delivery device for delivering a reducing agent from a reducing agent tank to an exhaust gas treatment device of an internal combustion engine, includes a partially rigid reducing agent line and a delivery pump disposed in the reducing agent line and having a delivery direction from the reducing agent tank to the exhaust gas treatment device. The delivery device has at least one vibration compensating device selected from the following group: an inflow compensating device upstream of the delivery pump in the delivery direction, an outflow compensating device downstream of the delivery pump in the delivery direction, a pump-internal compensating device within the delivery pump, and a structure borne noise compensating device on a fixing of the delivery pump. A motor vehicle having the delivery device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: EMITEC Gesellschaft fuer Emissionstechnologie mbH
    Inventors: Jan Hodgson, Sven Schepers
  • Patent number: 10392967
    Abstract: A compliant seal component, a turbomachine including such compliant seal component, and an associated method for cooling the compliant seal component disposed in the turbomachine are disclosed. The compliant seal component includes a convoluted portion and a plurality of end portions spaced apart from each other. The plurality of end portions is joined to the convoluted portion. An end portion of the plurality of end portions includes a first section and a second section, the second section defining a plenum. The end portion further includes a plurality of inlet holes and a plurality of outlet holes. The plurality of inlet holes is configured to direct a portion of a cooling fluid to the plenum. The portion of the cooling fluid in the plenum is configured to cool the end portion. The plurality of outlet holes is configured to discharge the portion of the cooling fluid from the plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Jonathan David Baldiga
  • Patent number: 10208667
    Abstract: A nose cone may have a spinner including a main portion and an axially extending stepped portion. The nose cone may also have an annular aft support ring radially secured to the axially extending stepped portion. The nose cone may further include a fairing, which may be secured to the stepped portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Colin J. Kling, Steven Clarkson
  • Patent number: 9169874
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement comprising a one-piece, peripheral, elastomeric sealing material for sealing a sealing space, the material containing a bearing-side sealing region and inserted between at least one outer rotatable bearing component and, mutually rotatable about the same center axis, at least one inner rotatable bearing component of a rotary joint, wherein the sealing arrangement is form-lockingly and force-lockingly connected in a detachable and replaceable manner to a structure, namely (I) to a plunge cut in a surface parallel to a horizontal outer surface of one of the inner and outer rotatable bearing components, and (II) to a projecting material protrusion with a bottom surface which is disposed on the bearing side of this material protrusion, as an integral part of the inner or outer rotatable bearing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: IMO Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Hermann Willaczek, Henrik Albertsen
  • Patent number: 9140388
    Abstract: A bi-directional seal assembly for sealing the annulus between an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member comprises an annular seal which in cross section includes a generally U-shaped first portion having a radially inner first leg and a radially outer second leg and a generally U-shaped second portion having a radially inner third leg and a radially outer fourth leg. The second and third legs are joined together such that the first leg engages the inner tubular member and the fourth leg engages the outer tubular member. Pressure below the seal urges the first leg into sealing engagement with the inner tubular member and forces the second and third legs radially outwardly to thereby urge the fourth leg into sealing engagement with the outer tubular member. Also, pressure above the seal urges the fourth leg into sealing engagement with the outer tubular member and forces the second and third legs radially inwardly to thereby urge the first leg into sealing engagement with the inner tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian J. Baca
  • Publication number: 20150136689
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to systems, apparatus, and methods for fluid filtration (e.g., water) with a ceramic membrane having a seal. For example, the present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to a cross-flow fluid filtration assembly comprising (a) an elongate ceramic membrane filter having a first filter end, a second filter end, at least one filter side, and at least one interior channel spanning the length of the filter, (b) a first filtration seal gasket fixed to the first filter end forming a fluid-tight seal therebetween, and (c) a second filtration seal gasket fixed to the second filter end forming a fluid-tight seal therebetween. The present disclosure also relates to a cross-flow fluid filtration module comprising a fluid path defined by a contaminated media inlet chamber, a fluid filtration assembly positioned in a permeate chamber, and a concentrate chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Brian E. Butters, Anthony L. Powell, John D. Pearce
  • Publication number: 20150130140
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to furnace systems and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to a split-ring assembly for sealing a junction between a catalyst tube and a furnace. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a ring-seal assembly. The ring-seal assembly includes a housing ring coupled to an outer surface of a furnace. The housing ring is disposed around a circumference of a tube proximate a junction with the furnace. The ring seal assembly further includes a brush seal that is at least partially disposed within the housing ring. The brush seal is disposed around the circumference of the tube. A plurality of brushes extend radially inwardly from the brush seal towards the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Foster Wheeler USA Corporation
    Inventors: Alfred J. FALLER, Pasquale J. GIOVANNONE
  • Patent number: 9010766
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for temporarily sealing a pipe including apparatus and methods for creating a temporary airtight seal at the open end of a pipe in a plumbing or refrigeration system. One such apparatus includes a body, grommet, washer, and a nut. Multiple airtight seals are created including a first primary seal between an exterior of the pipe and the grommet and a secondary seal between the open end of the pipe and the washer. The grommet does not require teeth and the apparatus does not require adhesive, sealant, or any other type of similar materials. Use of the apparatus and methods greatly minimizes and/or eliminates the potential for marring or otherwise distorting the open end of the pipe, thereby facilitating reuse of same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: DPR Futures LLC
    Inventor: David Edward Rubin
  • Publication number: 20150099385
    Abstract: A connector joining structure includes an outer housing mounted on a casing, an inner housing having a terminal to be connected to a terminal of a mating connector mounted in the casing, and a first packing interposed between the outer housing and the inner housing. The first packing is configured to ensure sealing property between the outer housing and the inner housing even upon a position of the inner housing with respect to the outer housing being displaced in at least one of three directions in a three-dimensional space by a predetermined amount with respect to a target value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenichi IKEYA
  • Patent number: 8998499
    Abstract: The rolling bearing comprises an inner ring 1, an outer ring 2, at least one row of rolling elements and at least one seal 7 provided between the outer and inner rings. The seal 7 has, in cross section, the overall shape of an H and comprises internal lips 21, 22 and external lips 23, 24 forming the two substantially parallel branches of the H. The inner and outer rings 1, 2 comprise opposite radial ribs 25, 26 located axially between the internal and external lips 21 to 24 to axially retain the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Aktiebolaget SKF
    Inventors: Andreas Gruber, Wolfgang Swete, Pascal Ovize, Jesko-Henning Tanke, Ake Fick
  • Publication number: 20150069721
    Abstract: A metal gasket 10 is provided with a columnar part 11 formed in a cylindrical shape; a beam part 12 that extends in a radial direction over the entire outer peripheral surface of the columnar part 11; and a circumferential groove 13 formed in the middle of a peripheral surface of the beam part 12; wherein the first sealing part 111 and the third sealing part 112 are formed as protruded parts, the second sealing part 122 is formed by deformation of a disk part 121 on one end side and the fourth sealing part 124 is formed by deformation of a disk part 123 on the other end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroyasu Okafuji, Naoya Kuzawa, Hideaki Mori, Kojiro Otani
  • Publication number: 20150053087
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for sealing a gas leakage path between a first gas flow and a second gas flow at an end of a rotating rotor disposed in a stationary housing (26) of a rotary regenerative device (10) includes a seal gasket disposed between a seal seat of the housing facing the rotor and the end of the rotor. The seal gasket may be a hybrid gasket having a first gasket member and a second gasket member disposed in back-to-back relationship, the first gasket member formed of a first material and the second gasket member formed of a second material. In an embodiment, the first gasket member is a solid neoprene rubber and the second gasket member is a sponge-like neoprene rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Farley W. Postgate
  • Publication number: 20150035238
    Abstract: A sealing device is provided for use with a fitting. The fitting has circular port and a flow path with a longitudinal axis. A circular port encircles a portion of the flow path opposite the port with the sealing device inserted into the port. The sealing device has a circular top with two opposing surfaces depending therefrom but inclined so the surfaces are closer at the top. A continuous sidewall joins the periphery of the two surfaces. The opposing surfaces are inclined and spaced apart further at the top than at an end opposite the top. A cylindrical hole through the opposing surfaces encircles the flow path during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Dennis L. Hart, Cristobal Gonzalez, Virgil E. O'Neil, Jeffrey A. Jaramillo, Larry D. Brown
  • Publication number: 20150028581
    Abstract: A saddle, in particular a clamping saddle for plastic pipes, containing a branch projection, a saddle piece, centre axes (X), (Y) and (Z), and a groove for the arrangement of a seal, wherein the inner cheek of the groove is arranged, throughout the course of the groove, perpendicular to the inner surface of the saddle piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Moritz RAIBLE, Wolfgang Paul, Juergen Roesch, Joerg Wermelinger
  • Patent number: 8919783
    Abstract: A cam lock quick coupling 10 includes coupling components 12 and 13. A gasket 47, 147, 247 for use in the coupling 10 includes a positioning portion 67, 167, 267 substantially adjacent an outer peripheral surface 50, 150, 250; a compression sealing portion 68, 168, 268 substantially adjacent an inner peripheral surface 49, 149, 249; and a connecting portion 69, 169, 269 closer to the outer peripheral surface than to the inner peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifin Corporation
    Inventor: James Whitley
  • Publication number: 20140374994
    Abstract: A pipe sealing gasket is shown which is designed to be received within a raceway provided within a socket end of a female bell plastic pipe end which is assembled with a mating male pipe end to form a plastic pipe joint. The raceway in the female bell plastic pipe end is preformed during manufacture and the gasket is installed thereafter. The gasket has a rubber body portion which is reinforced by a hard plastic band formed as a series of integral, spaced wedges which are interconnected by a flexible ribbon. The hard plastic band acts to prevent extrusion of the gasket during a variety of pressure conditions as well as preventing displacement during field assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: S & B Technical Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Guillermo Monteil
  • Publication number: 20140374995
    Abstract: A pipe sealing gasket is shown which is designed to be received within a raceway provided within a socket end of a female bell plastic pipe end which is assembled with a mating male pipe end to form a plastic pipe joint. The raceway is preformed about the gasket during the pipe belling operation. The gasket has a rubber body portion which is reinforced by a hard plastic band formed as a series of integral, spaced wedges which are interconnected by a flexible ribbon. The hard plastic band acts to prevent extrusion of the gasket during a variety of pressure conditions as well as preventing displacement during field assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: S & B Technical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Guillermo Monteil, Keith Steinbruck
  • Patent number: 8912454
    Abstract: Provided is a seal structure which can reduce the thickness of an electronic device, can be easily assembled and disassembles, and can exhibit an excellent seal performance. Thus, the seal structure for an electronic device, which seals a gap between a flexible wiring substrate inserted to a through-hole provided in a case member of an electronic device and the through-hole, is comprised of an annular gasket composed of a rubber elastic material, a part of which is integrally molded with the flexible wiring substrate, and a retainer plate for retaining the gasket in conjunction with the case member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20140356241
    Abstract: A holding seal material made of a laminated mat configured by laminating a plurality of mats containing an inorganic fiber and having a rectangular planar shape so that longitudinal-direction lengths of the respective mats sequentially increase as the mats are laminated, in which the film is attached to a principal surface of the mat configuring the laminated mat and having a longest longitudinal-direction length on an opposite side to a side on which the mat having the longest longitudinal-direction length is in contact with other mats and longitudinal-direction side surfaces of the mat having the longest longitudinal-direction length, and the film is attached to a principal surface of the mat having the longest longitudinal-direction length on the side on which the mat having the longest longitudinal-direction length is in contact with other mats in a state in which a part of the principal surface is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Reo UCHIMURA, Hisashi ANDO, Yasutaka ITO
  • Publication number: 20140353927
    Abstract: The gasket 10 provides a fluid-tight seal between adjacent process pipes 12,14 or other conduits having external 16 and internal 18 surfaces. The gasket comprises a chemically inert, fire-suppressing shell 20 and a fire-resistant insert 22 mounted in the shell. The shell 20 is formed or molded with a base 24 having an inner surface 26 corresponding to the internal surfaces 18 of the pipes and with a pair of spaced-apart side walls 28, 30 extending from the base 24 and defining an outwardly opening, insert-receiving channel 32. Upon mounting the insert 22 in the channel 32, an exposed perimeter portion 34 of the insert provides a fire-resistant outer barrier between the external surfaces 16 of the process pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Richard Schroder
  • Patent number: 8888106
    Abstract: In a vacuum gate valve, a seal member for sealing a gate opening part is bonded to an outer edge part of a planar seal plate that is disposed in such a manner that the planar seal plate is opposed to a valve seat surface of the gate opening part and comes into contact with the valve seat surface. The seal member includes a vacuum seal part that is located on a side farther from the gate opening part and maintains the sealability of the gate opening part when the gate opening part is closed, and also includes a radical seal part that is located on a side closer to the gate opening part and that prevents the seal member from being affected by a treatment gas in the gate opening part when the gate opening part is closed. The vacuum seal part is made of a rubber elastic body, and the radical seal part is configured by providing a radical resistant body that is provided with an excellent radical resistance on the rubber elastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Valqua Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Hamade, Tsutomu Yoshida, Nobuhiro Yoshida, Kazuaki Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20140319994
    Abstract: An exemplary ion source for creating a stream of ions has a chamber body that at least partially bounds an ionization region of the arc chamber. The arc chamber body is used with a hot filament arc chamber housing that either directly or indirectly heats a cathode to sufficient temperature to cause electrons to stream through the ionization region of the arc chamber. Electrically insulating seal element(s) engaging an outer surface of the arc chamber body are provided for impeding material from exiting the chamber interior openings of the arc chamber body. The seal element(s) have a ceramic body that includes an outer wall that abuts the arc chamber body along a circumferential outer lip. The seal also has one or more radially inner channels bounded by one or more inner walls spaced inwardly from the outer wall. The electrically insulating seal element comprises a Boron Nitride (BN) material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Neil K. Colvin, Tseh Jen Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20140319781
    Abstract: A method for making a gasket including molding an elastomeric material in a mold to form a gasket that includes an outer portion folded over an inner portion so as to define an inner annular space between and bounded by the outer and inner portions, and wherein one or more apertures are formed in a side wall of the gasket, which are in fluid communication with the inner annular space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventor: Avi Chiproot
  • Patent number: 8851194
    Abstract: A seal assembly between a wellhead housing having a bore and a casing hanger, has an inner seal leg for sealing against hanger and an outer seal leg for sealing against housing. An extension extends downward from outer seal leg and has a downward facing shoulder that rests on an upward facing shoulder formed on a nose ring. Connection connects seal ring to the nose ring with a lower portion of the nose ring resting on the upward facing shoulder of the casing hanger. Bellows are formed on the nose ring to increase lockdown capacity. Bellows have an inner surface that faces an outer profile of the hanger, and an outer surface on the bellow that faces the bore of the housing. When the bellows are axially collapsed, they expand radially outward and contract radially inward into the bore of the housing and the outer profile of the hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Inventors: David L. Ford, Daniel C. Benson, Leonard Landriault
  • Publication number: 20140260015
    Abstract: A tubular passage for poured concrete decks has an intumescent tube held in a two-part, clamshell base by a bottom clip. A first tube engages the base's top to clamp a funnel shaped, diaphragm seal to the base. The first tube has spaced, radially extending, parallel ridges at predetermined distances from the base. Longitudinal channels separate the ridges. An extension tube has inward extending lugs passing along the channels to engage various ridges when rotated to fix the passage length. The extension engages the base bottom for corrugated deck supports. A cap with repositionable, locating filaments closes either tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Timothy M. McConnell, Virgil O'Neil, Larry D. Brown, Dennis L. Hart
  • Publication number: 20140270221
    Abstract: A wall separates a first volume from a second volume and has a hole allowing passage between the first volume and the second volume. A wire passes through the hole, and a gasket surrounds the wire at the hole. The gasket includes a first section including a groove between a first flange and a second flange, the groove has an outer diameter matched to the diameter of the hole and the flanges have outer diameters greater than the diameter of the hole. A second section adjacent the first flange includes a tubular portion having a diameter less than the diameter of the hole and a tapered section smoothly transitioning from the diameter of the tubular portion to the diameter of the first flange. The gasket prevents flow of fluid through the hole between the first volume and the second volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Tristan Edward Taylor, Aaron Michael Reich
  • Patent number: 8814173
    Abstract: A seal for stemming leakage flows between adjacent components, especially of a gas turbine, has an elastically deformable, thin-walled sealing element and a thin-walled cover element which is U-shaped in cross section and between its legs and its base partially accommodates the sealing element. The legs of the cover element are arranged in the sealing arrangement, which features the seal, between two oppositely disposed walls of the other component in a movable manner relative to these walls which, together with the sealing surface of the other component, form a groove which is U-shaped in cross section. Forces, which act laterally upon the seal, are absorbed by the cover element and via the legs are diverted into the other component so that the integrity of the seal is maintained even in the case of lateral forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Thorsten Motzkus, Urs Benz
  • Patent number: 8817480
    Abstract: In order to provide excellent waterproofness at a low manufacturing cost to a seal structure comprising a housing to which a flexible wiring board (1) is inserted and a seal member (3) integrally formed on said flexible wiring board (1) for hermetically sealing a gap between said housing and said flexible wiring board (1), a whole surface of a sensor member (31) arranged on at least one side of said flexible wiring board (1) is coated by same material as is used in said seal member (3), at a time of integrally forming the seal member (3) on the flexible wiring board (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20140216462
    Abstract: A foam cushion assembly for a patient interface, the foam cushion assembly being adapted to couple with a patient interface frame, the cushion assembly comprising a substantially above the nose seal portion and a mouth seal portion, wherein the cushion assembly comprises a foam cushion arranged to form with the frame a common plenum chamber for sealing about the nose and mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Kam Man Law, Matthew Robin Wells
  • Publication number: 20140212340
    Abstract: A holding sealing material includes a one-sheet mat including inorganic fibers. The one-sheet mat includes a first mat with a first side face and a second mat with a second side face. A part of the first side face and a part of the second side face are foldably and integrally connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenzo Saiki
  • Publication number: 20140197604
    Abstract: A mat-like drain seal composed of a flexible, compressible, conformable polymer material and having at least a centralized window area and a reinforcing band positioned adjacent the edges of the drain seal, the window area being at least translucent such that liquid passing under the drain seal is visible through the drain seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventor: Mark D. Shaw
  • Patent number: 8714273
    Abstract: A seal system for forming a fluid seal from an inner tubular member outwardly against an outer tubular member. The seal system includes a packer element that is radially expandable from a reduced diameter, unset condition to an enlarged diameter, set condition; and a radially expandable seal element surrounding the packer element and creating a fluid sealing engagement outwardly against the outer tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Inventor: Gerald D. Lynde