Contact Seal For Other Than Internal Combustion Engine, Or Pipe, Conduit, Or Cable Patents (Class 277/628)
  • Publication number: 20120111775
    Abstract: A T shaped screen panel seal strip for use in spanning between screen support rails in a vibrating screen is disclosed, which has a plurality of notches therein in registration with the screen support rails so that the strip can be placed over either new or existing screen support rails (after having been cleaned of any cushioning cap material). The strip can be metallic or a plastic material. The method includes retrofitting existing screens with a new sealing strip by first removing any cushion cap material and then placing the T shaped seal strip over the support rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: TEREX USA, LLC
    Inventor: EDWIN J. SAUSER
  • Patent number: 8166904
    Abstract: A payload delivery unit for protecting and delivering a payload submerged in a submersion medium comprises a container including a pressure resistant shell and a resilient seal device. The shell defines a containment chamber and includes first and second shell members having opposed first and second sealing faces, respectively. The seal device engages and is interposed between the first and second sealing faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Craig Israel, Dominic Caza Germana, Craig A. Greiner, Frederick Vosburgh
  • Publication number: 20120079979
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for preventing entry of liquids into a cavity of a vehicle or similar object can include a body configured for insertion into the cavity and a flap extending from the body for engaging an edge of the cavity. Engagement between the flap and cavity can form a seal that reduces or prevents the passage of liquid, while engagement of the body within the cavity can prevent movement of the apparatus in a manner that would permit disengagement of the flap, and can optionally form an additional seal. The apparatus and methods thereby function as lightweight, inexpensive alternatives to covers for the entire vehicle that can be readily installed and removed between uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventor: Jorge Pinera, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120073490
    Abstract: A dome assembly comprises an upper hemispherical window having a first end surface with an upper ring assembly sealingly connected to the upper hemispherical window at or near the first end surface and a lower hemispherical window having a second end surface with a lower ring assembly sealingly connected to the lower hemispherical window at or near the second end surface. The dome assembly further comprises a spider retainer assembly comprising a spider ring assembly and one or more saddle arms having a first end and a second end with each saddle arm fixedly attached to the spider ring assembly at a first end and fixedly attached to one or more of the upper ring assembly and the lower ring assembly at a second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: SEAmagine Hydrospace Corporation
    Inventors: William Kohnen, Ian Sheard
  • Patent number: 8142628
    Abstract: A cylinder block plating apparatus preplates or plates a cylinder bore of each cylinder in a cylinder block of a multi-cylinder engine using a process liquid introduced into the cylinder bore in a condition of sealing an end of the cylinder bore when a communication hole is formed at the end of the cylinder bore, the cylinder block plating apparatus includes a sealing jig including a sealing unit including a cylinder bore seal for sealing the end of an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder bore and a communication hole seal for sealing a portion, near a communication hole, opposite to the cylinder inner peripheral surface, and a clamping unit disposed in the sealing unit to be pushed open and adapted to cause the communication hole seal to seal the portion located on the opposite side of the cylinder bore near the communication hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Osamu Narita, Manabu Suzuki, Tetsuya Kuroda, Hiroyuki Oishi
  • Publication number: 20120055632
    Abstract: A showerhead electrode, a gasket set and an assembly thereof in plasma reaction chamber for etching semiconductor substrates are provided with improved a gas injection hole pattern, positioning accuracy and reduced warping, which leads to enhanced uniformity of plasma processing rate. A method of assembling the inner electrode and gasket set to a supporting member includes simultaneous engagement of cam locks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: Lam Research Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony de la Llera, Pratik Mankidy, Michael C. Kellogg, Rajinder Dhindsa
  • Publication number: 20120027539
    Abstract: A threaded joint includes a flange, a nut and a flexible seal. The flange, the nut and the flexible seal have threads respective inner surfaces, the threads having shapes complementary to threads on an outer surface of a stem. The flange is configured to allow the stem to move by rotation through the flange. The nut and the flexible seal are configured to move by rotation relative to the stem. The flange has a counter bore and the nut has a groove. The flexible seal has a first portion configured to fill the counter bore in the flange, and a second portion configured to fill the groove of the nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: NUOVO PIGNONE S.P.A.
    Inventors: Vinh DO, Jeffrey RAYNAL, Mayur MANSUKH
  • Patent number: 8100412
    Abstract: A sealing device (1) for providing a seal between a steering gear casing and a front wall sheet of a body of a motor vehicle around a steering shaft feed through lumen 21, the sealing device comprises a base body (2) to be connected to the steering gear casing and a foamed ring-shaped sealing body (3) which extends from a front area of the base body (2) and which comprises a far end designed and arranged to rest against the front wall sheet. The foamed sealing body (3) is directly foam-molded to the base body (2), to securely bond it to the base body (2) in a desired relative position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: WEGU GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Daniel Helfert, Werner Sundheim
  • Publication number: 20120014746
    Abstract: A t-joint assembly includes a gasket having first and second ends, and a substantially elongated body having a profile. The first end includes an enlarged tapered section having a distal tip and a force-transfer surface disposed substantially perpendicular to the body. The assembly also includes a first component having a channel with a profile and a reaction surface configured to respectively complement the profile and accept the force-transfer surface of the gasket. The first component also has a first sealing surface arranged substantially parallel to the reaction surface, and a second sealing surface arranged substantially perpendicular to the reaction surface. The t-joint assembly additionally includes second and third components, each having a sealing surface. Inserting the gasket into the channel and assembling the three components compresses the gasket against the channel, and the tip of the gasket against the reaction surface, to thereby seal the t-joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Carl E. Fonville, Eric A. Nordling
  • Publication number: 20120007321
    Abstract: A seal kit includes at least one length of link material and at least one joint. The joint is fabricated from a higher Durometer material so that the joint requires a higher force to compress the same percentage as the link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventors: Marvin R. Davis, Aaron K. Kochman
  • Publication number: 20110291367
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement (1) for a pivotally arranged boat drive in a hull of a boat, the boat drive extends through a hull opening in the bottom of the boat. The boat drive forms, together with the hull of the boat or with a connecting piece (2) set into the hull of the boat, an annular gap. The annular gap is bridged by at least two flexible sealing elements (5, 6), and the at least two sealing elements (5, 6) enclose at least one ring chamber (7) between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Fernando Gallato, Adone Bertolo, Andrea Tognon
  • Publication number: 20110291366
    Abstract: A wedging gasket with an outer relatively rigid member with a surface that is in mating press fit relationship to a vessel or lid to be sealed. The gasket also has a slightly angled inner slightly resilient member appropriately shaped to mate with a respective other part of the vessel or lid to be sealed, generally in something less than an interference fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventor: Jamin Micarelli
  • Publication number: 20110285095
    Abstract: In a fluid pressure apparatus, a packing is constituted from an annular seal member made of an elastic rubber material, and support rings made of a material possessing low friction, which are mounted on an outer circumference of the seal member. The seal member includes, on an outer circumference thereof, a sealing projection, shoulder portions formed on both sides of the sealing projection, and concave grooves interposed between the shoulder portions and the sealing projection. The support rings include support surfaces on outer circumferences thereof, and engagement projections on inner circumferences thereof, such that by engagement of the projections in the concave grooves, the support rings are mounted on the seal member so as to surround outer circumferences of the shoulder portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro OKUMA, Yasunaga Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20110283880
    Abstract: In a fluid pressure apparatus, a packing includes an annular seal member made of an elastic material, and support rings made of a low-friction material, which are mounted on an outer circumference of the seal member. The seal member includes, on an outer circumference thereof, a sealing projection that contacts an inner surface of the slide hole. The support rings are disposed on both sides of the sealing projection, and protrude beyond the seal member in the axial direction. Outer circumferential surfaces of the support rings always contact the inner circumferential surface of the slide hole. When a transverse load does not act on a piston as a partitioning member, the inner circumferential surfaces of the support rings do not contact the outer circumference of the piston. When a transverse load acts on the piston, the inner circumferential surfaces of the support rings contact the outer circumference of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masahiro OKUMA, Yasunaga Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8052006
    Abstract: A closure 10 is provided for retaining fluid pressure within a vessel, and comprises a hub 12 having an access opening to the vessel, with the hub having a circumferential stop 17 and one or more recesses 50 each extending radially outward from an adjacent inner surface 26 of the hub. A door 22 is positioned between the stop surface and the vessel, and a latch member 30 brings the door into sealing engagement with the stop member. One or more lugs 24 each extend radially outward from an exterior surface of the door, such that a respective lug engages the hub about a respective recess to seal the door to the hub, while the door may be moved to pass through the one or more recesses and out of the hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Robbins & Myers Energy Systems L.P.
    Inventor: Michael J. Guidry, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110260413
    Abstract: A single piece gasket is provided wherein the single piece gasket includes a gasket member first portion and a gasket member second portion integral to the gasket member first portion. The gasket member first and second portions are in a common plane when the gasket member is in a relaxed state, and the first and second portions are in intersecting planes in a flexed state. The gasket member first portion is operatively configured to seal at least two compartments. The first and gasket member second portions have substantially circular cross-sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: CURLIN MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Robert R. Voltenburg, Loren M. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20110255958
    Abstract: A seal member for a hot gas path component in a gas turbine system is provided. The seal member includes a first seal pin, a second seal pin spaced from the first seal pin, and at least one cross-member. The at least one cross-member has a first end and a second end, and may be joined at the first end to the first seal pin and at the second end to the second seal pin. The at least one cross-member is configured to force the first and second seal pins apart when the seal member is subjected to a centrifugal force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Thomas Raymond Farrell
  • Publication number: 20110240388
    Abstract: A seal member may include a base portion, a plurality of deflector portions, and an expansion portion. The base portion may include a plurality of tabs adapted to be mounted to a heat exchanger. The plurality of deflector portions may each extending from a corresponding one of the plurality of tabs and manipulate a flow of fluid proximate the heat exchanger. The expansion portion may be disposed between adjacent deflector portions and may be expandable in response to exposure to heat between a first position at which the adjacent deflector portions are a first distance apart from each other and a second position at which the adjacent deflector portions are a second distance apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Sasina, Alfred Piggott
  • Publication number: 20110232843
    Abstract: A seal for sealing an interface between a container and a lid of a process chamber. The seal comprises a first seal element and a second seal element that are arranged to seal the interface in series, with the second seal element being situated to encounter processing activity upstream of the fist seal element. The first seal element has a deflectable portion and a protrusion extending radially from the deflectable portion. The second seal element has a radially extending recess in which the protrusion of the first seal element is received. The protrusion and recess interlock to restrict separation and/or rotation of the first and second seal elements. Inclined surfaces of the first seal element interact with the second seal element to apply axial sealing forces to sealing surfaces of the second seal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Don Bowman, Stephen Coppola, Kenneth W. Cornett, Dan Funke, Julian Kamibayashiyama, Jeff Navarro, Jeremy M. Payne, Donald J. Peterson, Douglas C. Schenk
  • Publication number: 20110233876
    Abstract: A sealing system for sealing a gap between a first body and a second body includes a first seal having a first portion adapted to be attached to the first body and a second portion extending into the gap. The sealing system also includes a second seal. The second seal has a first portion adapted to be attached to the second body and a second portion extending across the gap. The second portion of the first seal and the second portion of the second seal are adjacent and overlapping with each other to seal the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Russell J. Bergman, James P. Chrisikos, Leonard A. Bach
  • Publication number: 20110227297
    Abstract: A seal is disclosed for retrofitting to an existing railroad hopper car having opposing sidewalls and at least one trough extending between the opposing sidewalls. The seal includes a first member configured to mate against a surface of a trough adjacent a sidewall, the first member including a first edge having angled sections corresponding to angled sections of where the sidewall meets the trough, and a second member integral with the first member and extending substantially upright from the first edge of the first member, the second member configured to mate against a surface of the sidewall adjacent the trough, wherein the second member is angled relative to the first member at each of the angled sections corresponding to angled sections of the sidewall adjacent the trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: A. STUCKI CO.
    Inventors: James S. Kennedy, Jon M. Kaufman, Victoria V. Bowermaster, James Hill, Matthew Hill
  • Patent number: 8021485
    Abstract: In the present positioning apparatus, a positioning apparatus, comprising: a box body including a process chamber exposed to a decompression environment in the interior of the box body and an opening allowing said process chamber to communicate with an outside; a moving member for shielding said opening of said box body with a slight clearance between said box body and the moving member and movable with respect to said opening of said box body; and a differential pumping seal for sealing said slight clearance between said opening of said box body and said moving member, wherein a portion of said moving member to be moved into the interior of said process chamber, when said moving member moves, is formed as an adsorption preventive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Nobuhito Saji
  • Publication number: 20110223471
    Abstract: Provided is a gasket for an electrochemical cell, which has good sealing performance and is capable of improving productivity of the gasket, and an electrochemical cell. A gasket (4) for an electrochemical cell, which is made of a resin and has an annular shape including an outer wall and an inner wall, includes a plurality of annular salient portions (4a) formed on an inner side surface of the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Koji Sato, Masashi Yamada, Shunji Watanabe, Kumi Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20110220381
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical appliance, in particular a hand-held power tool, having an appliance housing, a circuitry substrate that is situated in the appliance housing and equipped with components, and sealing elements for preventing the influx of dirt into the region of the circuitry substrate. According to the invention, the sealing elements seal a subregion of the circuitry substrate off from other regions inside the appliance housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Inventors: Andreas FRIESE, Andreas Kynast, Andreas Schlegel
  • Publication number: 20110209890
    Abstract: In a seal structure sealing a housing for passing a signal line therethrough, the seal structure includes: a first case; a second case joined to the first case to define the housing, and provided with a recess portion through which the signal line passes at a joining surface joining the first case; a first seal member arranged on a bottom surface of the recess portion, and mounting the signal line; a second seal member including a gelatinous composition arranged to cover the signal line arranged on the first seal member; and a third seal member arranged between the first and second cases, and pushing the second case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shingo Yamaguchi, Satoshi Watanabe, Kohei Choraku, Shigehiro Fujii, Katsumi Adachi, Yoshito Fukata
  • Publication number: 20110204583
    Abstract: A gasket for engagement between a first adjoining structure and a second adjoining structure can include a rigid substrate, a first raised bead, a second raised bead, a first conformable member, and a second conformable member. The rigid substrate can have a generally uniform thickness and define a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The rigid substrate can include a support section. The first raised bead can be connected to the support section and protrude from the first major surface. The second raised bead can be connected to the support section and protrude from the second major surface and can be laterally spaced apart from the first raised bead. The first conformable member can be disposed on the first raised bead against the first major surface. The second conformable member can be disposed on the second raised bead against the second major surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: FREUDENBERG-NOK GENERAL PARTNERSHIP
    Inventor: Scott M. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20110200490
    Abstract: A holding sealer for an exhaust gas purifying device includes a sheet member including inorganic fibers and having a first surface and a second surface substantially facing each other and perpendicular to a direction of thickness of the sheet member. At least one of the first and second surfaces has a profile including projecting portions and depressed portions. The projecting and depressed portions of the profile have a maximum difference, h. The h satisfies about 0.4 mm?h?9 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiko OKABE
  • Publication number: 20110193297
    Abstract: Seal for sealing a gap between a bulkhead and a wall of a cargo hold, wherein the seal comprises a spine with two lateral webs. The webs can for example be tarps comprising magnetic parts. The spine can for example be an angled profile having to legs under right angles provided with slits along their longitudinal top edges for clamping a longitudinal edge of a lateral web. In a specific embodiment a chord can be embedded, e.g., stitched, along the longitudinal edge of the tarp, while the edge with the chord is hold in the slit in the longitudinal top edge of the legs of the spine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Cargotec Finland Oy
    Inventors: Stefan Alderding, Dominicus Franciscus Michael Tack
  • Publication number: 20110195193
    Abstract: A device (10) for sealing one or both ends of a metering nip. The device (10) comprises a high pressure chamber (12) and a low pressure chamber (14), with each chamber (12,14) comprising a sealing element (18,22) operatively adapted so as to form a seal with the metering nip. The low pressure chamber (14) is in contact with the fluid material metered by the metering nip. The high pressure chamber (12) is pressurized with a gas that will prevent substantially all of the fluid material from leaking out past the sealing element (18) of the high pressure chamber (12), and the low pressure chamber (14) is pressurized to a pressure that will not force a substantial amount of the pressurized gas into the fluid material to be metered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventor: Kurt W. Oster
  • Publication number: 20110187060
    Abstract: A method and resultant apparatus for a window seal assembly is shown and described. A thin layer of elastomer is introduced between a reinforcement member and a first surface of a window member. The subassembly of the glass member, elastomer, and rigid reinforcement is then introduced into a mold. Preferably, the thin layer of elastomer is provided by an extrusion process, such as on a metal reinforcement member, or as a co-extrusion process when an extruded reinforcement member is formed. A curable, elastomer/plastomer material is then injection molded to provide a flush glass appearance where an outer surface of the window is devoid of any seal material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventor: Marc Brookman
  • Publication number: 20110168356
    Abstract: Flow control apparatus for an electrical machine and comprising an arrangement of shaped chambers and passages for conveying a liquid coolant. The rate of heat transfer from certain portions of the machine to the coolant is determined by the varying velocity of the liquid through the chambers, resulting in a generally uniform cooling of those portions of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen Knight, Mike Dowsett, Toby Heason
  • Publication number: 20110168802
    Abstract: A sealing member is disclosed for use with a wick of a diffuser, or the like. The sealing member seals a vessel containing a liquid in a fluid chamber. The sealing member may be composed of a malleable material that may also be resistant to a liquid fragrance contained in the vessel. The sealing member may include a body, flaps and an opening for receiving a wick therethrough. The sealing member may form a persistent seal when a wick is inserted therethrough, while at the same time allowing venting to the fluid chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Hoppe, Jason L. Halonen
  • Publication number: 20110163586
    Abstract: A swivel chair including a swivel-mounting assembly having a lower plate, and an upper plate, and bearings for rotatably mounting the upper plate to the lower plate. The lower plate and the upper plate defining an annular gap therebetween cooperating with the interior of the swivel-mounting assembly. The improvement includes an annular gasket having a first portion that receives the bearings is positioned in-between the plates. The annular gasket further having a second portion depending from the first. The second portion includes upper and lower sections extending from the first portion and have an inside facing section being in partial surface-to-surface contact with the lower and upper plates. Thus, the annular gasket prevents foreign particles from entering into the interior of the swivel-mounting assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventor: Robert B. Findlay
  • Publication number: 20110163509
    Abstract: Provided in one embodiment is an article, comprising a first part having a first surface and a hermetic seal disposed over a portion of the first surface, wherein the hermetic seal comprises a composition that is at least partially amorphous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: Crucible Intellectual Property LLC
    Inventors: Quoc Tran Pham, Theodore Andy Waniuk
  • Publication number: 20110163510
    Abstract: Edging seal profile for kitchen worktops and the like, which is equipped with a top layer. The edging seal profile comprises a hollow chamber profile, which is enclosed by one front wall leg and two substantially parallel limiting legs deployed at a distance from each other, and which can be filled with a plate element or with an insulation mass, wherein the limiting legs are connected with the front wall leg projecting at right angle, and its upper limiting leg forms on its upper side a supporting surface for the top layer, which is connected with the front wall leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventor: Stephan Wedi
  • Publication number: 20110155110
    Abstract: The invention concerns an assembly of a valve body (A) and a seal (11). The valve body (A) includes a gas flow passage (4) and a valve shutter (6) mobile between an open position and a closed position obstructing the movement of the gases in the passage (4). The passage (4) being intended to be connected to a pipe (B) to enable gas to flow between them, the seal (11) being intended to be mounted between the passage (4) and the pipe (B) to provide a gas seal between them. The assembly is characterized in that the seal (11) forms a seat for the valve shutter (6) in the closed position. The seal provides, on the one hand, a seal between the passage and the pipe whether the valve shutter is in the open or the closed position and, on the other hand, a seal for the valve shutter in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEUR
    Inventors: Aude Festor, Sebastien Adenot, Bastien Rechke
  • Publication number: 20110156352
    Abstract: A gasket for sealing two mating surfaces is described. The gasket has: a) an outer portion comprising a core interposed between sealing layers, the outer portion defining a first aperture, the core and/or the sealing layers defining an inner edge of the outer portion, the said inner edge immediately surrounding the first aperture; b) an inner portion comprising deformable material defining a second aperture therein, the inner portion having an inner edge defining the second aperture and an outer region designed to be secured to the outer portion so that the inner portion is held securely by the outer portion, the thickness of the inner portion being greater than the thickness of the outer portion so that in use the inner portion deforms to a greater extent than the outer portion. In some embodiments, the deformable inner portion includes a chemical treatment agent. The invention extends to methods of using the gaskets, uses for sealing corroded joints and methods of production of the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Stephen Peter Bond, Anthony Russell Currie, Stephen Woolfenden, Dean John Kirby
  • Publication number: 20110148266
    Abstract: A container refrigeration unit mounted on a container body (1a) includes a casing body (11) partitioning the container into the internal side and the external side thereof. A protruding portion (12) protruding toward the internal side is formed in a lower portion of the casing body (11), and the side stays (50) each extending vertically are mounted on both sides of the rear surface of the protruding portion (12). On the contrary, evaporator frames (40) each located above the protruding portion (12) and extending from the casing body (11) to a top end of the side stay (50) are mounted on both sides of an upper portion of a rear surface in the casing body (11). The bottom tip of the side frame (40) and the top end of the side stay (50) are fixed by a bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Makoto Ikemiya, Takayuki Uo
  • Publication number: 20110146482
    Abstract: An impulse cartridge having multiple charges that are independently activatable. The impulse cartridge is further voltage polarity independent through the use of diodes. The polarity independence provides increased reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel R. Neff
  • Publication number: 20110148048
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a feedthrough is located between a first machine element and a second machine element and comprises a first sealing element, and a second sealing element disposed in the axial direction of the first machine element at a distance from the first sealing element. The inner sides of the sealing elements form a sealing operative connection with the first machine element. An intermediate space between the first sealing element and the second sealing element is divided into a first chamber and a second chamber connected to each other by an annular gap between the first machine element and the sealing arrangement. The first chamber includes an inlet for a rinsing medium and the second chamber includes a first outlet for drainage or suction of the rinsing medium and possible leakages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: VON ARDENNE ANLAGENTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Goetz GROSSER, Hans-Juergen HEINRICH, Harald GRUNE
  • Publication number: 20110140373
    Abstract: A frit sealing system and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display (OLED) using the frit sealing system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the frit sealing system includes: a thermal expansion film formed on the second substrate to pressurize the second substrate when heat is applied to the frit and thermal expansion film, wherein the frit is interposed between the first and second substrates and a mask formed on the thermal expansion film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Min Lee, Choong-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20110144586
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to portable infusion devices, systems, and methods of using the same for dispensing materials. In some cases, the devices, systems and methods may be used for infusing a material such as medicament, e.g., insulin, into a body in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: TANDEM DIABETES CARE, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Michaud, John C. Nadworny
  • Publication number: 20110140375
    Abstract: In order to enhance a shape retaining property of a gasket consisting only of a rubber, prevent damage to a casing for an electronic equipment due to high reactive force of the gasket, and make assembling of the casing easy, a seal structure comprises a gasket installed in a non-adhesion manner between a case and a lid to be interposed in a compressed state when the case and the lid are assembled, and a resin film integrated with the gasket to enhance the shape retaining property of the gasket, the gasket has a portion compressed between the case and the lid when they are assembled, and a portion not compressed between them when assembled and the resin film is integrated with the portion which is not compressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Sasaki, Tomoko Nakano, Naohiro Fujisawa, Keiichi Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20110140374
    Abstract: A gasket (10) for a hygienic tube fitting connection. The gasket (10) includes an annular retainer (12) and an annular seal element (14) disposed on the retainer (12) in a recesses(36) on each of the sides (32) of the retainer (12). The seal element (14) having on each of its faces (60) a circumferential inner diameter bead (62) and a circumferential outer diameter bead (64).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Robert J. Dubiel
  • Publication number: 20110132677
    Abstract: The air guide plate 10 includes a plate body 12 formed of a resin material and deformable skirt portions 14, 16, and 18 which are formed of the same resin material as the plate body 12 and integrally formed on an outer periphery of the plate body 12. The air guide plate 10 is arranged such that the plate body 12 is disposed at a front of an automobile without connecting to automobile parts 28, 32, thereby forming a gap between the outer periphery of the plate body 12 and the automobile parts 28, 32 arranged around the plate body 12. The deformable skirt portions 14, 16, and 18 are disposed so as to be in contact with the automobile parts under flexural deformation, thereby closing the gap by the deformable skirt portions to prevent the air from leaking through the gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi KAWAHIRA
  • Patent number: 7946119
    Abstract: An arrangement for sealing an opening formed in a wall for receiving a member. The arrangement comprises a sealing member with a passage, and the sealing member is moveably mounted on the wall adjacent to the opening such that the sealing member passage is substantially co-axial with the opening in the wall. Biasing means for biasing the sealing member towards the wall are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventor: Alan Philip Geary
  • Publication number: 20110114869
    Abstract: A micro-valve for controlling fluid flows and a sealing device for sealing off cavities in a microfluid system, in particular in a lab-on-a-chip system, and also a method for the production thereof. A valve body or a sealing element bears with a sealing surface against a sealing surface of a substrate, the valve body or the sealing element is pressed with the sealing surface thereof in a fluid-tight manner against the sealing surface of the substrate by means of a pressure-exerting ring, and the pressure-exerting ring is cohesively connected to the substrate. The pressure-exerting ring and/or the valve body or the sealing element are at least partially elastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: INSTITUT FUR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH
    Inventors: Eva Schaeffer, Volkmar Stein
  • Publication number: 20110109050
    Abstract: A gasket for an electrical back box, the gasket comprising a pad incorporating a composite of inert fibres along with an intumescent material portion, the pad encapsulated with an insulating layer with a lateral portion to provide a location bias, the pad having a density to provide a desired level of acoustic attenuation and/or damping when encapsulated in the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventor: Laurence Kovacs
  • Publication number: 20110104024
    Abstract: A microvalve for controlling fluid flows, and a sealing device for sealing cavities in a microfluidic system, particularly in a lab-on-a-chip system, and a method for the production thereof. A sealing surface of a valve body, or a sealing element, respectively, rests on a sealing surface of a substrate and is pressed against the sealing surface of the substrate in a fluid-tight manner by means of a clamping element. The clamping element and/or the valve body, or the sealing element, respectively, are at least partially elastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: Institut Fur Mikrotechnik Mainz GmbH
    Inventors: Rainer Gransee, Eva Schaeffer, Klaus-Stefan Drese, Silvio Kraus, Tobias Baier, Felix Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20110101628
    Abstract: A swellable material seal includes a quantity of swellable material disposed in a geometric configuration; and a plurality of openings in the material to enhance wettability thereof by a swelling fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventor: James G. King