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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7140291 | Oil-free/oil-less air compressor with an improved seal An oil-free/oil-less air compressor with a piston positioned for reciprocating in a bore, the piston having a first piston ring assembly made from a rigid, high temperature polymer, and a second piston ring assembly comprising a first portion that engages the bore, ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128323 | Seal device Primary objective of the present invention is to provide a seal device wherein the seal surfaces of the device are always brought into close contact against the side walls of the mounting slot regardless of fluid conditions. The seal device has two seal portions loc... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7090224 | Seal device Primary objective of the present invention is to effect a seal against assembly clearances formed between components which admit flows of high temperature fluids or are subjected to vibrations. The seal device is comprised of a supporting member which has a first se... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7036823 | Side rail and combined oil control ring incorporated with the side rails for reduction of oil consumption A side rail is formed into a ring shape having its generally rectangular section that has an outer surface 3 formed with a pair of edge surfaces 5 of small radius, and an intermediate surface 6 of large radius of curvature formed between the edg... | 05/02/2006 |
| 5308089 | Combined oil ring In a three-piece combined oil ring comprising a pair of side rails and provided between them a spacer expander, the side rails are each provided in the inner edge thereof with a plurality of cutouts at given intervals, thereby providing a combined oil rin... | 05/03/1994 |
| 4579351 | Dual spring expander for oil control piston rings A spring expander for oil control piston rings incorporates two spring mechanisms. One spring mechanism produces circumferentially directed hoop stress in the expander body when the expander body itself is contracted. A second radially acting spring mecha... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4548416 | Oil-ring including two rail rings and an expander-spacer ring which bites into the rail ring A composite oil-ring comprises a pair of rail rings and an expander-spacer ring. The expander-spacer ring is laterally extending U-shaped in cross section providing rail supporting legs and an inwardly open channel between the legs of the U. The expander-... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4468040 | Spacer-expander for pistons An annular spacer-expander spaces and positions two rails in a piston ring groove of a piston for an internal combustion engine. The spacer-expander comprises a plurality of U-shaped members which lie in respective angularly spaced planes including the sp... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4194747 | Three-piece oil control ring A three-piece oil control ring including top and bottom rail rings and a circumferential spacer-expander is disclosed. The spacer-expander includes a plurality of spring elements interconnected by integral webs. Each of the spring elements is generally U-... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4183544 | Multi-part piston oil ring A spacer-expander member for holding one or two cylinder-engaging rails in a groove in a piston is formed to present a plurality of radially inwardly-directed spacer feet which are so located that they engage the groove bottom in a region spaced from the ... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4175758 | Tangential expander for oil control piston rings The joint of the expander is formed by tooth-like portions of the side flanges of a U-shaped spring, bent inward and coiled into a ring. The device comprises a measuring gear which reels off the sinuous profiled spring from a spiral. The gear has a radial slot... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4139205 | Circumferentially resilient piston ring A piston ring formed of an annular, cross-sectionally bent metal strip has a series of circumferentially distributed slots extending in a generally axial orientation from edges of the strip. The slots are in an overlapping relationship when viewed circumf... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4130288 | Piston ring The disclosure embraces a piston ring particularly an oil control ring comprising a spacer-expander ring in association with one or more rails, ring segments or sealing rings wherein the spacer-expander ring component is configurated for preventing or min... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4085490 | Method of making a rolled metal piston ring A rolled steel oil control piston ring for internal combustion engines is of generally U-shaped cross section with a pair of opposed rigid sidewalls projecting inwardly of the ring from a central peripheral wall thereof. A pair of flat-faced solid scraper... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4053165 | Oil ring design This invention relates to a piston ring having two ring elements and a spacer-expander the latter including a series of interconnected parts each comprising two pairs of inwardly directed limbs, the inner ends of which are in contact with and resiliently ... | 10/11/1977 |
