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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117749 | Process for producing metallic gasket A process for producing a metallic gasket, which comprises making a thin metallic sheet into a solid figure having an inclined surface, thereby providing a bead region extended upwardly and downwardly over the inclined surface, and forming a sealing part made of a h... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112887 | Two-piece shipping cap for a seal A seal shipping system includes a seal having an outer diameter surface and an inner sealing lip. A sleeve member having a cylindrical body and a radially extending flange extending from the cylindrical body engages the inner sealing lip. An annular collar surrounds... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8069562 | Method of manufacturing a brush seal for sealing between stationary and rotary components A method of manufacturing a brush seal includes the steps of maintaining a pair of first elongated frames spaced from one another on a fixture; wrapping wire strands about and longitudinally along the pair of frames in multiple longitudinal wire passes forming wire ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8051563 | Systems and methods and apparatus involving fabricating brush seals A method for fabricating a brush seal assembly comprising, bending a first plate member to a helical shape, bending a second plate member to a helical shape, securing the first plate member to a drum, winding a wire material around the drum and the first plate membe... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8020294 | Method of constructing an expandable packer A technique involves a packer formed as an expandable packer with an internal expandable bladder. The expandable bladder is formed with a section that is radially enlarged relative to an axial end of the expandable bladder when the bladder is in a relaxed state. The... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7979986 | Method for securing a cartridge mechanical face seal to a sleeve This method for securing a cartridge mechanical face seal to a sleeve in a rotating shaft sealing assembly uses one or more plunger locks to secure the rotary face of the seal assembly to the sleeve. Such seal assemblies have been previously secured with set screws.... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7966725 | Flat gasket and process for the production of a flat gasket In order to provide a flat gasket, in particular cylinder head gasket, comprising at least one metal gasket sheet made of a spring steel or a metallic material with a percentage elongation after fracture corresponding to the percentage elongation after fracture of a... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7913386 | Method of manufacturing a flat gasket Flat gasket comprising a first sheet metal layer consisting of a spring steel and a second sheet metal layer consisting of a ductile steel, the first layer being provided with a sealing bead, and the second layer being provided in an edge area bordering on an edge o... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7874069 | Method of manufacturing a gasket A gasket for preventing high-temperature fluid of an internal combustion engine from leaking is located between an adjacent pair of components of the engine. The gasket includes a gasket plate made of an electrically insulating material. The gasket plate has a hole.... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7866040 | Pressure energized metallic seal A pressure-energized, annular metallic seal is provided that includes a central annular portion and a pair of annular leg portions extending from the central portion. Each leg portion includes a convex sealing surface lying in sealing plane. One of the leg portions ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7856715 | Method for removably securing an internal wall within a vessel A vessel system comprising a vessel. The vessel system further comprises at least one internal wall located within the vessel. The vessel system further comprises at least one inflatable seal allowing to create a seal between an outer periphery of the internal wall ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7832100 | Seal assembly and method of manufacturing the same A seal assembly and method for the manufacture thereof is provided. The seal assembly provides a dynamic fluid seal between a housing having a bore and a shaft having an outer running surface rotating within the bore. The seal assembly comprises a rigid carrier for ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7827685 | Seals and a method of making seals A seal and method of making seals utilises folds in order to form creases in a length of material such that the creases reinforce individual seal elements or surfaces whilst perforations or slots in a seal edge allow air leakage from one side of the seal element or ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7743498 | Method of processing seals like leaf seals A method of processing seals (20), like leaf seals, in which seals (20) an annular gap, formed between two coaxial, cylindrical surfaces, is sealed off in the axial direction by a multiplicity of individual, thin sealing elements (22; 22a, b | 06/29/2010 |
| 7653993 | Method of manufacturing a brush seal for sealing between stationary and rotary components A method of manufacturing a brush seal includes wrapping wire about spaced frames to form a pair of wire runs of multiple wire thicknesses. Two pairs of interior plates are inserted between the wire runs at an angle and in spaced relation to one another. Two pairs o... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7487588 | Process for producing leaves for leaf seal In a process for producing leaves (20, 20′) for a leaf seal, in particular as a seal for a gas turbine, which leaves (20, 20′) are laterally delimited by a peripheral edge contour and have regions of different thicknesses (d1, d2), a ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7401404 | Retainer gasket construction Sealing gasket construction for providing a fluid seal intermediate a pair of opposed, mating parts or structures. The gasket includes a metal retainer and a resilient seal element received in a groove formed into the retainer. Such groove is adapted to be fabricate... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7374176 | Laser welded multi-layered steel gasket assembly The subject invention provides a method of manufacturing a multi-layered steel gasket assembly including a plurality of steel gasket layers each having a predetermined electrical resistance and including at least one coating layer of a material having an electrical ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7334328 | Method of manufacturing axis seals having reduced gas leakage properties and a rotary machine using axis seals In a method of manufacturing an axis seal, first, a roll of rolled metal material is cut into metal material plates of a predetermined size. Next, metal material plates are etched from both sides so as to form a predetermined size. Subsequently, the thin metal plate... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325290 | Method of manufacturing vibration and noise reduction assembly A method is disclosed for manufacturing a multi-part component that dampens vibration and noise caused by forces acting on the component. A pre-formed first part is treated for application of a resilient material. The material is dissolved in a solvent and is select... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316402 | Segmented component seal A seal for restricting leakage of a fluid from a first chamber, through a gap between two components, to a second chamber is provided. A slot is formed in each of the two components. The slots face one another and are open to the gap. Each slot contains a longitudin... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7302925 | Manifold gasket having pushrod guide A manifold gasket assembly includes a steel carrier fabricated with a plurality of air intake openings. Rubber material is molded to the carrier body to provide a seal about the openings when the gasket assembly is clamped between a cylinder head and intake manifold... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7240493 | Method and device for reducing engine noise A method and device to reduce the noise produced by jet aircraft engines and/or other supersonic nozzles involves the use of corrugated engine seals (30) for the secondary internal divergent flaps (14) of the nozzle (10). Such corrugated seals (... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7200932 | Laser welded multi-layered steel gasket assembly The subject invention provides a method of manufacturing a multi-layered steel gasket assembly including a plurality of steel gasket layers each having a predetermined electrical resistance and including at least one coating layer of a material having an electrical ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194803 | Seal ring and method of forming micro-topography ring surfaces with a laser A seal ring of a shaft seal has micro-topography depth features, such as wavy faces or radial grooves, formed in the seal face which define a hydrodynamic seal region between opposing seal faces. The micro-topography depth features are formed by an excimer laser sha... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7181843 | Method of manufacturing a brush seal A method for manufacturing a brush seal is provided including the steps of: (a) providing fiber; (b) providing a packing material; (c) providing a pair of backing plates; (d) arranging the fiber in a particular arrangement; (e) applying the packing material to selec... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172202 | Spherical annular seal member and method of manufacturing the same A spherical annular seal member (1) has a seal body (4) in which a heat-resistant material (2) and a reinforcing member (3) made of a metal wire have been compressed to fill meshes of the metal wire net of the reinforcing member (3... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159873 | Shaft seal The present invention relates to a seal assembly for use in a rotary machine. The seal assembly comprises a first member and a seal carrier mounted to the first member by a mounting member, a second member spaced from the first member and a seal running member posit... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7131197 | Engine seal installing tool An engine seal installing tool, system and method for facilitating installation of engine seals in a simplified process includes a main screw engageable to an engine shaft. An engine seal is mounted on a seal guide assembly slidably mounted on the main screw. A pres... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121556 | Molded plastic gasket A gasket is provided having a body including at least one service aperture and an integrally formed sealing bead portion. In an embodiment, the sealing bead portion includes a first outwardly extending bead and a first concave channel opposite the first outwardly ex... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117594 | Oil-scraper piston ring and a method for producing an oil-scraper piston ring A piston oil control ring with at least one tapered running rail, provided with a wear-resistant coating, characterized in that a radial elevation with predetermined radial height and width, which is provided with the wear-resistant coating, is provided in the regio... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114254 | Metal plate gasket A metal gasket assembly has a gasket plate and an annular grommet. The gasket plate is formed with an opening having opposing surfaces adjacent the opening to define a predetermined fixed thickness of a plate. The annular grommet has an elastically deformable U-shap... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100925 | Pressure energized metallic seal A pressure-energized, annular metallic seal is provided that includes a central annular portion and a pair of annular leg portions extending from the central portion. Each leg portion includes a convex sealing surface lying in sealing plane. One of the leg portions ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7080440 | Very low moisture o-ring and method for preparing the same Very low moisture o-rings are prepared by placing standard o-rings under vacuum in an inert atmosphere for a period of time sufficient to achieve a desired outgassing rate. Heat is not applied. While the o-rings are under vacuum, moisture is removed from the o-rings... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7059609 | Metal gasket with cold formed stopper A multilayer metal gasket has a pair of outer active layers separated by an intermediate layer. The outer active layers are formed with at least one pair of aligned apertures and sealing beads surrounding the apertures in radially outwardly spaced relation thereto p... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7017268 | Seal reforming method and apparatus The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for temporarily reforming or deforming the lip portion of a resinous seal so that the seal may be readily installed in an intended application. The invention includes a method and apparatus that inclu... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010844 | Method for assembling components using split seal A method for assembling components that are sealed hydraulically or pneumatically includes forming an outer component having an inner surface, a groove for holding a seal, the groove having an opening at the inner surface. A seal is fabricated in the form of a subst... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007641 | Electro-hydraulic assembly for controlling engine valve deactivation A Lifter Oil Manifold Assembly or LOMA has a metal deckplate with a non-metallic valve mount/stiffener having elastomeric seals on the surface contacting the deckplate. The electrically operated valves for controlling flow to individual valve lifters are mounted on ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6996885 | Method of making bristle arrangement for brush seal A method of making a bristle arrangement for a brush seal, which includes: providing a bristle arrangement; severing the bristle arrangement, the bristle arrangement now having free ends; and joining the free ends. A method of reworking a bristle arrangement for a b... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6968615 | High temperature metallic seal A metallic seal includes a cold formed substrate layer and one or more additional layers. At least one of the layers offers improved resistance to high temperature stress relaxation. ... | 11/29/2005 |
