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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186686 | Electrically-conductive seal assembly A seal for a vehicle having a transmission output shaft and a transmission output shaft housing is provided. The seal comprises a contact member at least partially surrounding and contacting the transmission output shaft, a support member coupled to the contact memb... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8146923 | Vacuum apparatus of rotary motion entry A vacuum apparatus of rotary motion entry is disclosed, which comprises: a shaft sleeve, disposed on a cavity wall of a vacuum system; a rotary shaft, ensheathed by the shaft sleeve; and a transmission set, connected to the rotary shaft for driving the same; wherein... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8096559 | Rotary seals Seal assemblies are herein discussed. The seal assemblies can have a stiff backing ring supporting a seal ring, which is positioned adjacent an inner seal ring. In preferred embodiments, the inner seal ring is made from a material that enables the inner seal ring to... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7950670 | Seal with pyramid shaped formation A seal assembly having a seal bumper wall with a series of pyramid shaped formations lying on the bumper wall. The formations cause their apex portion to wear down rapidly in use, while the remainder of the pyramids remain and act as slingers and/or produce a convec... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7942423 | Lip type seal A resin lip type seal (1) capable of increasing safety against rupture by reducing rigidity of a plate-like lip (4) bent around a tip point A of a approximately wedge-shaped recessed part (8) to reduce stress concentration at the point A, suppre... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7793939 | Sealing structure of wheel supporting device A seal cover includes a cylindrical part which is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of an axle, a flange part which is opposed to an end surface in an axial direction of a housing, interposing a small clearance, and a deflector part which is opposed to an outer p... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7753376 | Plunger seal for pump There is provided a plunger seal (1) for a fuel injection pump for a direct-injection gasoline engine, in which, even if a resin material is used for a fuel seal member (12), the plunger seal can be made compact, sealing ability is increased, and assem... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7717432 | Plunger seal for pump There is provided a plunger seal (1) for a fuel injection pump for a direct-injection gasoline engine, in which, even if a resin material is used for a fuel seal member (12), the plunger seal can be made compact, sealing ability is increased, and assem... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7681888 | Robust sealing system for power steering input shaft A sealing system for sealing high liquid pressure and containing a wiper lip in either of two forms. The light pressure seal includes a seal casing, a seal body including a lip seal, a snap ring and a plastic back-up ring, and the wiper lip seals on either a radial ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7658386 | Retrofittable severe duty seal for a shaft The present invention discloses a seal and a method of sealing dynamic shaft applications. The seal comprises an inner portion, an outer portion, a faceplate, and at least one flexible member located between the inner and outer portions. The method comprises providi... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7549647 | Sealing device The invention relates to a sealing device for roller bearings, comprising a journal seal (4), which is arranged upstream on the roller-ball side of the annular seal (8) which is connected in a rigid manner to an annular projection (7) of the bea... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7513506 | Plunger seal for pump There is provided a plunger seal (1) for a fuel injection pump for a direct-injection gasoline engine, in which, even if a resin material is used for a fuel seal member (12), the plunger seal can be made compact, sealing ability is increased, and assem... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7467796 | Bearing seal with flexible lip A seal is disclosed for use on the tapered section of a roll neck in a rolling mill. The seal comprises a flexible circular seal body having a central axis and at least one radially outwardly extending flange joined by a hinge to an angularly extending lip. The hing... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7396016 | Sealing device A sealing device includes an inner race, an outer race capped on and rotatable relatively to the inner race, a rubber oil seal mounted between the inner race and the outer race, a lubricating oil received between the inner race and the outer race, radiation holes fo... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7367739 | Two component seal A pair of pivoting parts are held together with a pin, with a first part, such as a rod end of a hydraulic actuator, positioned between two flanges of a bracket, with the flanges having surfaces mating with sides surfaces of the rod end. A seal is placed in each of ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361093 | Universal joint with cup retainer A universal joint includes a seal assembly that is positioned between each trunnion and a corresponding cup. The seal assembly includes a resilient seal that engages an inner surface of the cup and an outer surface of the trunnion. A deflector provides a snap fit fo... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341258 | Cammed seal assembly with sealing ring having an angled leg portion and foot portion with elastomeric energizer element A seal assembly seals first and second operational surfaces spaced apart by a gap. The first surface includes a seal groove having a base surface and first and second side surfaces. A sealing element in the seal groove has a foot portion extending parallel to the ba... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338384 | Propshaft boot with integrated bearing seal deflector A power transmission device includes a housing, first and second shafts and a generally tubular boot. The housing has an aperture that at least the first shaft passes through. The first and second shafts are coupled together through a splined connection causing the ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334799 | Sealing device for a turbocharger A sealing device has a seal ring and a cylindrical bellows portion connected to the seal ring. The cylindrical bellows portion has a corrugated outer surface. A turbocharger utilizing the sealing device has a turbine wheel connected to a shaft and a compressor wheel... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334942 | Dual seal assembly for bearing A dual seal assembly for a bearing, the assembly comprising a first seal frame (12) coupled to a tip end of an opening in a space formed between an inner ring and an outer ring of the bearing and press-fitted to the outer ring; a second seal frame (14)... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7314219 | Shaft seal assembly A seal assembly provides a seal between a housing member and a shaft member extending through a bore formed in the housing member. The seal assembly comprises a seal member mounted to the housing member within the bore and about the shaft member and extending radial... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311308 | Seal device for water pump, rotation supporting device for water pump and assembly method for water pump The tip edge of a second seal lip of an elastic member constituting a seal ring is in sliding contact with an outside face of a slinger. The seal ring and the slinger are pre-assembled and then installed between an inner peripheral surface at an end of an outer ring... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7264249 | Seal A hub unit including a hub and a flange integrally formed with the hub, and a seal including a core metal and an elastic body integrally molded with the core metal. The elastic body includes one or more lips in sliding contact with one or both of the hub and the fla... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258491 | Bearing seal assembly for agricultural applications A contaminant-resistant bearing assembly includes a multi-lip seal with an extended shroud supported from the outer ring and projecting adjacent a stepped inner ring shoulder. A steel slinger supported from the inner ring is offset outwardly adjacent the shroud and ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7201380 | Rotary shaft dynamic seal provided with an angular encoder device, a device including such a seal, and a method of fabricating such a seal A dynamic seal for a rotary shaft, the seal comprising a sleeve for being constrained in rotation on the shaft and an annular lip of polymer having a low coefficient of friction to come into sliding rotary contact with a stationary casing surrounding said shaft so t... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7182346 | Multistage oil seal against different cutting fluids for a machine tool motor A multistage oil seal (4) includes a plurality of lips (7a, 7b, 7c) in a plurality of stages disposed around a motor shaft (1) of a machine tool along the axis of the motor shaft to protect internal members of ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178425 | Transmission axle seal cover, lubrication dam and rock guard A cover for an aperture defined by an axle seal on a transmission includes a guard plate and a shield coupled to the axle seal. The shield includes a first portion and a detachable second portion. The shield encloses an aperture in the guard plate when the second po... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7159871 | Retrofittable severe duty seal for a shaft A unitary sleeve lip seal can be used to provide permanently lubricated sealed bearings in severe service conditions such as the track pins of track-driven vehicles and agricultural equipment. The seal has a labyrinthine exclusion path and multiple dust lips contact... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7147229 | Shaft seal assembly with retaining ring and washer A shaft seal assembly (10) features an annular carrier (14), an annular shaft seal element (16) and an annular felt washer (18) in an integral assembly that can be installed in one step using a simple push-on tool. The washer (18) ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134670 | Rotation shaft seal A rotation shaft seal provided with a rubber sealing portion which contacts a surface of a rotation shaft and an outer case to which the rubber sealing portion is unitedly fixed. The outer case has an inner brim portion on an inner end portion on a sealed fluid side... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7118280 | Sealing device for a rolling contact bearing Sealing device for a rolling contact bearing (2) provide with a first shield (5) and second shield (7) which a re made of metal material and which are respectively coupled to an outer race (4) and an inner race (3) of the rolling c... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7090223 | Shaft sealing module for sealing vacuum chambers A shaft sealing module is proposed for sealing a shaft which extends driving rotationally from a normal pressure chamber into a high vacuum chamber. It is essential for the shaft sealing module according to the invention that the dynamic seal of the shaft takes plac... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090221 | Seal device A seal contact surface of a seal lip member and a protruding lip member of an end face seal are separated from each other and frictional heat generated at the seal lip member due to sliding motion is prevented from being transferred to the end face seal for softenin... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7070017 | Rotating apparatus for construction machine A swing mechanism for a construction machine having a grease bath seal. A grease bath can be disposed on a vehicular base carrier of the machine, and can be coupled with a swing frame. The grease bath seal can then act to prevent intrusion of pollutants or other for... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069806 | Transmission auxiliary box seal system The present invention provides a transmission including a main gear box and an auxiliary gear box secured to the main box. The auxiliary gear box includes an auxiliary shaft supporting an auxiliary gear with a clutch collar support on the auxiliary shaft adjacent to... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066467 | Sealing device for water pump bearings A sealing device for a water pump bearing employs a seal member without an axial lip, and having only a radial lip. The sealing device includes an annular seal member which is fixed to a shoulder portion of one end in an axial direction of an outer race of a water p... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055828 | Shaft seal A lubricant seal assembly has an outer seal component and a separate inner wear sleeve. The outer seal component has a carrier and a PTFE seal element which lays down against the wear sleeve to provide a seal collar extending to an oil side of the seal assembly. The... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055825 | Shaft sealing apparatus Herein disclosed is a shaft sealing apparatus which comprises a vacuum casing formed with a vacuum chamber, a driving shaft having an outer cylindrical surface and movably extending in the vacuum chamber of the vacuum casing, and a sealing ring in the form of an ann... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055390 | Seal assembly with means for detecting seal failure A seal assembly includes a first body and a second body. A primary seal is disposed between the first body and the second body. A secondary seal is disposed between the first body and the second body in spaced relation to the primary seal. A pressure port extends th... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052020 | Hydrodynamic rotary seal A hydrodynamically lubricating rotary seal for partitioning a lubricant from an environment has a generally circular seal body, a sloping dynamic sealing lip, and an energizer. The dynamic sealing lip is provided for establishing compressed sealing relation with a r... | 05/30/2006 |
