Particular Cross-sectional Seal Profile Patents (Class 277/644)
  • Patent number: 8967626
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement (10) for sealing off a joint area (1) between a first joint partner (20, 200) and a second joint partner (30, 300) by means of at least one elastic sealing element (18, 180) disposed between a first sealing surface (12.1) of the first joint partner (20, 200) and a second sealing surface (12.2) of the second joint partner (30, 300), and an associated method for sealing off the joint area (1) between a first joint partner (20, 200) and a second joint partner (30, 300). According to the invention, at least one reservoir (14) for an anticorrosion agent (16) is introduced in a sealing zone (11) of the first and/or second sealing surface (12.1, 12.2), wherein the sealing element encloses the reservoir (14) together with the first and/or second sealing surface (12.1, 12.2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Ruckh, Bernd Hierlemann
  • Patent number: 8964366
    Abstract: A waterproofing backing adhesive structure is disclosed. The waterproofing backing adhesive structure is applied to an electronic device having a front cover and a display panel. The waterproofing backing adhesive structure includes an adhesive main body, an adhesive material, and a plurality of air chambers. The plurality of air chambers are formed on at least one of the surfaces of an upper surface or a bottom surface of the adhesive main body which is attached with the adhesive material for accommodating the air of a bubble generated when the adhesive main body is attached to the front cover or the display panel. The plurality of air chambers are for releasing the pressure of the bubble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Hou-Chun Huang, Chih-Feng Yeh
  • Patent number: 8960446
    Abstract: A seal can have a middle portion, an upper lip, and a lower lip. The upper lip has a configuration with an upper end portion, an upper top portion, and an upper bottom portion with a void space defined in part by the upper end portion, the upper top portion, and the upper bottom portion. The lower lip can have a configuration with a lower end portion, a lower top portion, and a lower bottom portion with a void space defined in part by the lower end portion, the lower top portion, and the lower bottom portion. A middle portion connects the upper lip and the lower lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventors: Grant Young, Ray Young
  • Patent number: 8950755
    Abstract: A handheld tool is for facilitating installation of a resilient, elongate, generally rectangle-profiled gasket designed to tightly fit inside and along the partially obstructed perimetric channel of a watertight doorway onboard a marine vessel. As typically embodied, the inventive tool includes a straight handle (e.g., shaft or rod) and a head. The head includes a right-triangle profiled section and an L-shape-profiled section. The handle is perpendicularly connected to the hypotenuse surface of the right-triangle profiled section. The L-shape-profiled section has two interior surfaces forming an interior right angle that faces away from the hypotenuse surface. The bisector of the interior right angle is parallel to the handle and perpendicular to the hypotenuse surface. A user holds the inventive tool by the handle, controls the gasket so that a rectangular corner portion of the gasket fits inside the L-shape-profiled section's interior right angle, and forcefully manipulates the gasket into the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Robert C. Redfern, Constantine V. Pappas, Ronnie L. Ball
  • Patent number: 8942001
    Abstract: A seal structure for an electronic control device having a circuit board housed in a watertight space a housing that is formed by fitting a plurality of fitting members together, has first and second seal portions which are formed at a fitting surface portion between the fitting members that are fitted together. One side of a pair of the fitting members of each of the first and second seal portions is provided with a seal groove, the other side is provided with a protruding line. An auxiliary seal groove and an auxiliary protruding line are formed on opposing surfaces of the seal groove and the protruding line at a merged part where the first and second seal portions meet each other. The auxiliary seal groove and the auxiliary protruding line continuously extend from the seal groove up to an end surface of the protruding line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kawai, Yuichi Yanagisawa, Hironori Ohhashi
  • Patent number: 8936249
    Abstract: An increased resilience seal utilizing a sealed gas filled inner chamber in a bellows spring that functions as both a mechanical spring and a gas spring to provide a more constant level of separation force between two face plates to provide a seal between two mechanical components such as those found in an aircraft jet engine. The bellows spring is made of a plurality of walls that are joined together in a pressurized chamber that is filled with a gas, such as an inert gas. In alternative embodiments, the bellows spring is made of walls that are shaped and oriented to optimize the operating characteristics of the bellows spring when the pressure is increased in a sealed inner chamber in response to elevated temperature. In one embodiment, the walls forming a portion of the chamber overlap to optimize the geometry of the bellows spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Swensen, Matthew E. Roach
  • Patent number: 8925332
    Abstract: A seal assembly for a turbojet nacelle includes a first end fastened to a first structure, and a second end contacting against a bearing zone of a second structure. The seal assembly further includes a plurality of adjacent blades arranged along the first end and extending longitudinally and perpendicularly thereto. In particular, a portion of the blades has an accordion-shaped structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Aircelle
    Inventors: Stephane Beilliard, Alexandre Phi
  • Patent number: 8919045
    Abstract: A method of producing a seal. The method can include forming an elongated strip of a thermoplastic material having laterally spaced, interlockable portions; bending such strip along a longitudinal line disposed between the spaced interlockable portions to position the interlockable portions in opposed relation; and interlocking the interlockable portions together when such portions are disposed in opposed relation to provide a bulb segment and a mount segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Edwards Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett P. Bellmore, Kevin Baxter, Stephen G. Leonard
  • Patent number: 8910950
    Abstract: A sealing gasket that provides a seal between two members. The gasket includes a base at one end of the gasket and a gutter-forming surface at the opposite other end of the gasket. There is a pair of sides that join the one end and the opposite other end of the gasket. The sealing gasket is movable between a compressed condition wherein the gasket provides a seal between the two members and an uncompressed condition wherein the gasket does not provide a seal between the two members. When the gasket is in the compressed condition, the gutter-forming surface deforms to form a gutter along the one end of the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Central Sales and Service, Inc.
    Inventor: Ralph A. Deaver
  • Publication number: 20140353916
    Abstract: A substantially air-tight triple seal arrangement along a seam between first and second tool segments comprises inner, middle and outer seals forming first and second substantially air tight vacuum chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Dull
  • Patent number: 8893909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pressure vessel (1) for a high pressure press, wherein the pressure vessel comprising a first sub-cylinder (4), a second sub-cylinder (6), pre-stressing means (8), and a securing member (16). The first and the second sub-cylinders (4, 6) are axially connected to form a cylinder body (2) for enclosing a high pressure medium. The first sub-cylinder (4) is in an outer wall provided with a first seat (22) for receiving a first part (24) of the securing member (16) and the second sub-cylinder (6) is in an outer wall provided with a second seat (26) for receiving a second part (28) of the securing member (16). The securing member (16) is fitted in the first and second seats (22, 26). The securing member (16), and the first and second scats (22, 26) are arranged such that the securing member (16), and the first and second scats (22, 26) cooperate to prevent separating axial movement between the first and the second sub-cylinders (4, 6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Avure Technologies AB
    Inventors: Lennart Svensson, Stefan Sehlstedt
  • Patent number: 8894072
    Abstract: A seal, system and method for sealing a connection between adjacent barrier members each having a channel along one edge and flange along an opposed edge sized to be received within a corresponding channel of an adjacent barrier member. The seal comprises an elongate core having an opening extending longitudinally therealong and a plurality of fins extending therefrom. The system includes the seal and a wiper sized to surround the flange. The method comprises locating the wiper about the flange and the seal within the channel, engaging the flange within the channel and moving the second barrier member in a downward direction with the wiper below the channel of the second barrier member so as to remove and prevent debris from entering the connection between the channel and the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventors: Wayne Alan Wolf, Roger David Scott Goldammer
  • Patent number: 8875900
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Terex USA, LLC
    Inventor: Edwin J. Sauser
  • Patent number: 8875384
    Abstract: A system, comprising a seal segment including a cable fastener. The system also includes a syngas cooler component that includes a cable guide, where the cable guide may route a cable coupled to the cable fastener to enable the cable to pull the seal segment into a mounting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Michael Storey, Lien-Yan Chen, Anna Ziombra, Karol Rzepniewski
  • Publication number: 20140319783
    Abstract: An expandable seal features a ring structure with internal and external seal. The seals are mounted in grooves and extend beyond a base outer dimension on the ring on the inside and the outside surfaces. Bumps are positioned in axial alignment with the seals but in opposition to each seal so that the exterior seal has a bump axially aligned but on the inside of the ring and the inner seal has a bump axially aligned and on the outside surface of said ring. The bumps have end transitions to the base dimension to create a volume for the seal material to travel axially when radially expanded from a mandrel extending within for effective seal containment. Seal rings can be stacked to adjust to dimensional irregularities in the surrounding tubular or the mandrel and to back each other up in the event of seal failure in any one seal ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventor: Baker Hughes Incorporated
  • Publication number: 20140302611
    Abstract: An assay cartridge has a base member (26) that defines at least two wells (30, 32, 34, 36, 38), a pipette (108, 110) positionable in at least one of the wells and a cap member (86) arranged to carry the pipette. The cap member can be releasably fastened to the base member. An extension member (28) defines at least one further well (40, 42, 44) and can be fastened to the base member such that the pipette is then positionable in at least one of the wells of the base and in the further well of the extension member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Lars Ørning, Frank Frantzen, Andrew Thomas Campbell, Arve Strømsheim
  • Publication number: 20140268605
    Abstract: An assembly and method for mounting an electronic package to a printed circuit board (PCB) in which a gasket is shaped to fit tightly around and under a perimeter edge of an electronic package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Tom Rovere, James K. Lake, Rick Micha, Paul Coyne
  • Patent number: 8827642
    Abstract: A system including: a first turbine segment comprising a first blade coupled to a first shank. The system also includes a second turbine segment including a second blade coupled to a second shank, as well as an elongated flexible seal disposed in a gap between the first and second shanks. The elongated flexible seal includes an opening configured to channel a fluid flow into a hollow region of the elongated flexible seal to induce expansion of the elongated flexible seal in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jalindar Appa Walunj, Brian Peter Arness, Mark Steven Honkomp, Scott Edmond Ellis, Prashant Shukla, Narayayanaswamy Kuruboor Veerabhadrappa
  • Patent number: 8820711
    Abstract: A slide gate having a frame assembly including an intermediate cross member coupled between a first and second gate guide members defining a corresponding pair of side channel elements each containing an elongate side seal which abut opposed ends of an elongate top seal secured to the intermediate cross member to seal a gate slidely engaged in the pair of side channel elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Waterman Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Mikesell, Darryl Ray Pauls
  • Patent number: 8820754
    Abstract: A seal assembly for an axial flow gas turbine engine includes a rotatable component having a radially extending mate face, a seal slot formed in the mate face, and a seal member slidably disposed in the seal slot. The seal slot includes a radially outer wall and an opposing radially inner wall extending into the component in a circumferential direction from the mate face. The radially outer wall is angled radially inwardly from the mate face toward an inner end portion of the seal slot. Rotation of the seal assembly during operation of the engine produces a centrifugal force on the seal member to effect movement of the seal member in the circumferential direction out of the seal slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey B. Stewart, Ronald J. Rudolph, Gennadiy Afanasiev
  • Patent number: 8814175
    Abstract: A metal seal which can be fastened by low fastening force and can show sufficient sealing ability when receiving fluid pressure. The metal seal is composed a U-shaped metal thin seal and a reinforcing outer-fit member which receives side wall portions and a bottom wall portion of the thin seal from a back side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoshi Tohdoh
  • 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: 8814174
    Abstract: A rubber gasket of annular shape adapted to be interposed between two objective members to be sealed and fastened to each other and a seal structure for sealing between two objective members to be sealed and fastened to each other using the gasket. The rubber gasket comprises an integrally molded body made of elastomer having a cylindrical body, a flange-shaped portion, and an annular core member, the flange-shaped portion extending outward from one end of the cylindrical body in axial direction along an entire outer circumferential surface, the annular core member being embedded in the flange-shaped portion along an entire circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Uchiyama Manufacturing Corp., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Matsuhiro Okuda, Dai Mori, Yoshiharu Chino, Atsushi Nishigaki, Naoki Kira, Takahiro Inokuchi
  • Patent number: 8807573
    Abstract: An annular metal gasket for sealing a space between members by being pressed in the vertical direction in a state of being mounted between the members, the metal gasket comprising an annular outer ring having a substantially C-shaped cross-section and having a circumferential-direction opening formed therein, and an annular inner ring fitted inside the outer ring. The inner ring is formed so as to have a polygonal cross-section. Bend parts having an Inner angle larger than 180° are formed between the upper corner part and the inner- and outer-circumference-side corner parts; and between the lower corner part and the inner- and outer-circumference-side corner parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: Tohoku University, Nippon Valqua Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Yasuyuki Shirai, Koji Sato, Yoshinori Uchino, Masamichi Iwaki
  • Patent number: 8806750
    Abstract: A forced oscillation radial seal is described for regenerative air preheaters which contain rotatable radial plates having upper and lower edges. The forced oscillation seal includes a base with a first portion attached to a lateral face of the plates adjacent the upper and lower edges, and a second free portion, with a pivot system having an axis attached to the second free portion, and a rigid sealing sheet with a first free portion, second portion, and central portion, the sealing sheet attached at its central portion to the pivot system. The forced oscillation seal includes a counterweight attached to the sealing sheet so the sealing sheet reassumes a vertical position after forming a seal with a sealing surface, and a plurality of springs in contact with the sealing sheet and base along the axis of the pivot system, which cooperate with the counterweights to force the seal to oscillate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventor: Fernando Treviño Hurtado
  • Patent number: 8789833
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, a turbine assembly includes a first stationary component, a second stationary component positioned radially outside the first stationary component, a first key feature on the first stationary component configured to mate to a second key feature on the second stationary component and a seal assembly positioned between the first and second key features to reduce fluid flow between the first and second key features. The seal assembly includes a V-shape member and a second member adjacent to the V-shape member, the second member and V-shape member having different rates of thermal expansion. The seal assembly also includes a latch feature coupled to the V-shape member configured to expand the seal assembly from a compressed state to an expanded sealing state when the seal assembly is subject to an elevated temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xiaoqing Zheng, Mehmet Demiroglu, Guoqiang Lu, Michael Dennis Mack, Binayak Roy
  • Publication number: 20140202257
    Abstract: An L-shaped sealing ring comprising two legs connected with one another to form an L-shape in cross section. A length of a first leg is part of a lateral surface of revolution about an axis of the L-shaped sealing ring. The first leg lies between the first length and the axis of revolution. A second leg is bounded toward the environment by a second length, wherein the first and second lengths are connected with one another via a connection contour. An intersection of first and second lines, forms a corner of a triangle, wherein the respective end points of the first and second lengths form other vertices of the triangle. The L-shaped sealing ring is so embodied that the surface area of the cross sectional area of the body of the L-shaped sealing ring in the triangle amounts to, at most, 60% of the areal content of the triangle, wherein the area of the L-shaped sealing ring in the triangle is non-concave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: ENDRESS + HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Günther Bähr, Frank Voigt
  • Patent number: 8783694
    Abstract: A sealing structure having a gasket installed in an installation groove in one member. The gasket has a body section whose width is less than the width of the installation groove. On opposite ends, in the depth direction of the installation groove, there is provided a pair of seal surfaces that contact a surface of another member and the bottom of the installation groove. The bottom surface of the installation groove is a curve that is deepest at its center in the width direction of the groove. On the gasket body section, on the side corresponding to the bottom of the installation groove, there is formed a pair of groove bottom-side projections extending along the longitudinal direction of the gasket with the seal surface between the projections, projecting from opposite ends in the width direction of the body section, and coming into contact with the surface of the installation groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20140197606
    Abstract: An elastomer sealing gasket (10) having a length (L) along a contour (C) and a cross section (S) of width (I) and of height (H) considered in a transverse plane (T) perpendicular to said length (L), wherein the cross section (S) has a geometry that is continuously varying along the length (L) of the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventor: Olivier Jeanne
  • Patent number: 8776864
    Abstract: A seal assembly for a regenerative heat exchanger can include a primary sealing member with a mounting base and a flexible contact portion that defines a first distance between a proximal edge of the mounting base and a contact edge of the flexible contact portion, the first distance being generally constant along the length of the primary sealing member. The seal assembly can also include a second member with a mounting portion and a cantilevered portion that defines a second distance between a proximal edge of the mounting portion and a distal edge of the cantilevered portion, the second distance being generally constant along the length of the second member. The first distance is greater than the second distance by a predetermined amount so as to limit the preload flexure of the flexible contact portion against a sector plate of the heat exchanger when the seal assembly is installed in the regenerative heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Paragon Airheater Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Klisura, Stephan Hastings
  • Publication number: 20140190121
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for a pole assembly having a tubular base, a tubular upper mast of smaller diameter, and a cladding. An end of the upper mast is inserted within an end of the base and a portion of the base overlaps the upper mast and is fastened thereto, with the cladding surrounding the base. The sealing arrangement comprises a transition ring and a seal assembly. The transition ring surrounds a portion of the base, upper mast and cladding. The transition ring having an internal downwardly facing surface, and the seal assembly is disposed within said transition ring to seal between the external surface of the upper mast and the transition ring. The seal assembly comprising a sealing plate and a seal disposed between the downwardly facing surface and the sealing plate, and the sealing action of the seal assembly is actuated by the sealing plate squeezing said seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Douglas Rawson-Harris, Andrew Crick
  • Patent number: 8764023
    Abstract: The invention provides a gasket which can be easily formed, can be highly compressed with a low reaction force, and is highly reliable. A gasket consisting of a rubber-like elastic material is mounted in a mounting groove formed in one of two mutually opposing members and is pinched between one member and another member so as to be in pressure-contact with both the members. The gasket has a body section inserted into the mounting groove, one support protrusion provided on the side of the body section which faces the bottom of the mounting groove, located on one end side of the body section in the width direction thereof, and in contact with the bottom, and a lip protrusion provided on the side of the body section which faces another member and having a tip located at substantially the center of the body section in the width direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: NOK Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Furubayashi, Yohei Miki
  • Patent number: 8757774
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes: a main head unit that ejects ink; a first flow channel member and a second flow channel member that include first and second flow channels, respectively, through which ink to be supplied to the main head unit flows; and a ring-shaped sealing member pinched by the first flow channel member and the second flow channel member. The first flow channel and the second flow channel communicate with the interior of a space area defined by the first flow channel member, the second flow channel member, and the sealing member, and an atmosphere exposure channel that connects the space area with the exterior is formed in a joining surface between the sealing member and the first flow channel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Taiki Hanagami, Eiichiro Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8752842
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seal (1) designed to be inserted between a nacelle element and an element of a turbojet of an aircraft propulsion unit. According to the invention, the seal (1) consists of at least two parallel tubular parts (2) each having a quadrangular cross-section including a planar supporting face (4), a convex contact face (6) in contact with an element to be sealed and two concave side faces (5) connecting the convex contact face (6) and the planar supporting face (4), said two tubular parts (2) being formed by a knitted web coated with a synthetic matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Aircelle
    Inventor: Serge Bunel
  • Patent number: 8746657
    Abstract: A multi-piece valve disk of a sliding and/or seat valve, a ring seal with an elastic sealing ring with an external sealing zone is placed in a ring groove of the valve disk onto a dimensionally stable backup ring, and where an elastic restoring region effectively positioned between the backup ring and the external sealing zone is arranged in the backup ring, the restoring region being embodied in one piece with the sealing ring of its material adjacent to the external sealing zone of the sealing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Martin Sauer, Dieter Weimer
  • Patent number: 8733737
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a seal for a surge relief valve includes a) a valve housing having a flow inlet and a flow outlet; b) an annular retainer for coupling a plug to an interior of the valve housing, the retainer having a first end oriented toward the flow inlet and a second end remote therefrom; c) the plug having a first end oriented toward the flow inlet and a second end remote therefrom, the plug having a mating junction for coupling with the second end of the retainer, the plug having a first countersink, a second countersink, a first lip defined between the first and second countersinks and a second lip adjacent the second countersink; and d) an annular plug seal having a first end oriented toward the flow inlet and a second end remote from the first end for mating with the second countersink and a lip that abuts the second end of the retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: SPX Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Lewandowski, Raj Shah, Phi Nguyen
  • Patent number: 8714565
    Abstract: A seal has a first endplate and has a second endplate. A first bellow spring spans first lateral portions of the first and second endplates. A second bellow spring spans second lateral portions of the first and second endplates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Parker-Hannifim Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Cornett, Stephen S. Stone
  • Patent number: 8714488
    Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising an adhesive layer and a conductive elastic material layer. The adhesive layer is capable of being placed in a channel for a joint. The adhesive layer is capable of resuming an original shape after being deformed. A conductive elastic material layer is on the adhesive layer. The coating covers the conductive elastic material layer and is capable of resuming the original shape after being deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard W. Burns, Daryl Tryson, Michael F. McCracken
  • Patent number: 8715835
    Abstract: A tolerance strip is formed a strip of resilient material with corrugations, the corrugations extending transversely across the full width of the strip, the corrugations defining crests with troughs between adjacent corrugations, a central portion of the corrugations being of substantially uniform height across the strip, portions of the corrugations adjacent each longitudinal edge of the strip decreasing in height towards the edge of the strip. In one form the corrugations are flat longitudinally of the strip at the crests and/or troughs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: John Crane UK Limited
    Inventors: Christian Kirchner, Jingjing Luo
  • Patent number: 8714521
    Abstract: Butterfly valves comprise a valve seat comprising a generally S-shaped cross-section and a valve seat retainer configured with appropriately shaped cooperating surfaces. Fluid control systems comprising such a butterfly valve are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Flowserve Management Company
    Inventors: Michael P. Nelson, Laren J. Winkel
  • Patent number: 8708345
    Abstract: A seal for use with a radiator having a plurality of edge extending and assembleable portions collectively establishing a frame around the radiator. The upper and lower extending sides can include a number of materials, not limited to a 40% calcium carbonate polypropylene. The edge extending and interconnecting sides are further constructed, in cross section, of a harder material as a flat extending first face along with an intermediate positioned snap fit portion, such as for engaging a condenser tank, as well as at least one pin receiving location. A second softer material is coextruded to an edge of the harder material and, upon assembly into a four sided frame with the upper and lower sides, is affixed both around and at least partially forwardly of the radiator face in order to redirect/funnel air to the front of the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: U.S. Farathane Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen G. Leonard
  • Patent number: 8701782
    Abstract: A biased actuator includes, a reservoir, at least one piston in operable communication with the reservoir, at least one metal seal and a biasing system in operable communication with both the reservoir and the at least one piston. The at least one metal seal is disposed about the at least one piston and is sealed to both the piston and the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Darren E. Bane, David Z. Anderson
  • Patent number: 8701520
    Abstract: A cable gland and gasket ring assembly includes a gasket ring and a cable gland formed of a shell, a collar, a packing ring and a connection ring for securing a cable, or, a cable and a flexible conduit, to a junction box. The gasket ring is an annular member, having a first end face, a second end face opposing the first end face, a plurality of annular ribs concentrically arranged on the first end face and an annular convex portion located on the second end face. The connection ring has a recessed portion on a stop flange segment for receiving the annular convex portion and a tapered inner surface located on the inside of the stop flange segment for stopping against a tapered outside surface of the packing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: AVC Industrial Corp.
    Inventor: Jiun Wei Chiou
  • Patent number: 8695989
    Abstract: An inventive hot gas seal for sealing an opening, e.g. a gap or hole, in a heat shield element or between heat shield elements of a heat shield or a liner comprises at least one resilient portion for providing a force which is designed such that the hot gas seal can be held in said opening by said force and/or that the sealing efficiency of the hot gas seal is increased by said force. Thus, further means for holding the seal in place and/or for increasing the sealing efficiency are not necessary. The invention is particularly useful if the design of said resilient portion is such that the force provides a holding action and increases the sealing efficiency, at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Stefan Dahlke, Jesse Eng, John Carl Glessner, Daniel Hofmann, Roland Liebe, Kenneth Michael Tamaddoni-Jahromi
  • Publication number: 20140097579
    Abstract: A seal adapted to extend along an interface between a vehicle hood and cowl. A profile has a base layer seating upon a flattened lip edge of the cowl, the base layer being supported upon the cowl lip edge from a rear edge to an intermediate underside stepped protrusion. The base layer further exhibits having a forward bottom projecting portion. A first upwardly/rearwardly and substantially linear angled blade extends from a first location of the base layer, with a second upwardly/forwardly and arcuately shaped blade extending from a second forward spaced location of the base layer, such that said blades project relative to underside opposing locations of the hood in contacting fashion and in order to both prevent admittance of engine exhaust into an adjoining passenger compartment and to provide optimum resistance to sound transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: U.S. Farathane Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne Bland, Robert S. Zauner
  • Publication number: 20140091536
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus of a touch panel provided in a portable terminal including a body and the touch panel, wherein the sealing apparatus is attached and coupled to a coupling area between the body and the touch panel to seal the coupling area while the touch panel is suspended over the body by a resilient member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Dong BAE, Kun-Woo Baek, Jin-Hyoung Park, Eun-Hwa Lee, Jeong-Seok Lee, Dae-Kwang Jung, Ji-Hoon Jung
  • Publication number: 20140093353
    Abstract: The present application provides a seal for use between components facing a high pressure cooling air flow and a hot gas path in a gas turbine engine. The seal may include a first surface facing the high pressure cooling air flow, a second surface with a second surface air plenum facing the hot gas path, and a number of cooling pathways extending from the first surface to the second surface air plenum of the second surface for the high pressure cooling air flow to pass therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ibrahim Sezer, Randall Richard Good
  • Patent number: 8684673
    Abstract: A seal structure for a gas turbine engine, the seal structure including first and second components located adjacent to each other and forming a barrier between high and low pressure zones. A seal cavity is defined in the first and second components, the seal cavity extending to either side of an elongated gap extending generally in a first direction between the first and second components. A seal member is positioned within the seal cavity and spans across the elongated gap. The seal member includes first and second side edges extending into each of the components in a second direction transverse to the first direction, and opposing longitudinal edges extending between the side edges generally parallel to the first direction. The side edges include a groove formed therein for effecting a reduction of gas flow around the seal member at the side edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Santiago Salazar, Andrew Gisch
  • Publication number: 20140087247
    Abstract: A sealing member and a battery comprising the sealing member are provided. The sealing member comprises a sealing part, an operation part having a supporting portion, an operation protrusion disposed on an upper surface of the supporting portion, and a deformable leg depending from a bottom surface of the supporting portion. The sealing member also comprises a connecting part connecting the sealing part and operation part. The sealing part has a maximum diameter greater than that of the connecting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: BYD COMPANY LIMITED, SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xi Shen, Keli Yang, Xuefeng Zhang, Luxia Jiang, Jianhua Zhu
  • Patent number: 8678399
    Abstract: A gasket is provided that forms a sealing connection between a pair of tubular members. The gasket comprises a first section shaped to fit within a recess of one of a pair of tubular members. The first section includes an anchor portion comprising first and second sides. The gasket further comprises a second section extending from the first section and is configured to make a sealing contact with the other of the tubular members. The gasket also includes at least one self-locating arm in a sealing contact within the recess and extending from one of the first or second sides of the anchor portion of the first section. The self-locating arm biases the first section such that the other of the first or second sides is in contact with the recess to form a sealing connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Springseal, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Knapp