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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896353 | Large diameter seals A large diameter seal having a band of elastic material on its outer diameter to insure a complete and effective sealing in the counterbore and a method for manufacturing this large diameter seal having elastomeric material on its outer diameter. ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7357758 | Treadmill A treadmill is provided that has a treadmill drive motor carriage that can pivot relative to a frame of the treadmill such that the incline of the treadmill can be controlled while the carriage can be moved to a position that permits upright storage of the treadmill... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347424 | Shaft seal having integrated removal feature A dynamic shaft seal assembly has inner and outer cases that are clamped together to secure a seal element therebetween for dynamic sealing about a rotatable shaft. The inner case is formed with integral pull tabs that are engageable by a seal removal tool to facili... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7207515 | Drive unit for a safety belt tensioner The invention relates to a drive unit for a safety belt tensioner which has a drive which can be triggered on the response of an acceleration sensor and which can be rotationally fixedly coupled to the belt winding reel. The drive is located in a drive chamber which... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7156400 | Slinger and wear sleeve seal assembly A seal assembly provides a rotating portion and a rotationally fixed portion. The rotating portion includes a running sleeve, a slinger segment and an upper seal segment. The slinger segment radially extends outward of the fixed portion so as to protect the fixed po... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7004509 | Journal bearing mounted hub seal rotary joint A rotary joint comprising a stationary head including a fluid chamber therein, the chamber opening at a bottom surface of the heaf, a rotatable nipple having an outer surface and an internal axial passageway in fluid communication with the fluid chamber; and a seal ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6945535 | Seal A seal, especially for shafts movable in a translational direction, has at least one static sealing area and at least one dynamic sealing area and another sealing point outside of the dynamic sealing area. The other sealing point is formed by at least two elements f... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6905124 | Unitized seal for a gas spring A unitized seal for use in a gas spring seal assembly. The unitized seal includes a rigid thermoplastic insert having an elastomeric sealing layer surrounding the insert and bonded to the insert. The insert provides rigidity to the seal and includes a central, axial... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6880830 | Sealing device A sealing device for sealing off an opening between a shaft and a grease-lubricated split bearing housing comprises two halves divided by a diametrical cut and each having a main body arranged in a circumferential groove in the bearing housing opening. The sealing d... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6712366 | Seal assembly for limiting the movement of a seal within a seal housing An improvement in a seal assembly of the type including a seal element retained by a seal housing, where one of the seal element and the seal housing is constructed from a compressible material, where the seal element includes a seal engagement surface and where the... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6659470 | Oil seal of hydraulic shock absorber In an oil seal of a hydraulic shock absorber, the oil seal is made of a nitrile rubber of a low nitrile, and an inner diameter of a second lip is set to be smaller within a range between 0.3 and 1.0 mm $c; than an outer diameter of a piston rod.... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6648336 | Multi-function seal assembly for rotating shafts A seal system is provided for a bearing. The bearing includes a housing having two sides and a bearing element disposed within the housing. The bearing element is disposed to facilitate motion of a rotating shaft. The seal system includes a seal carrier w... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6641141 | Self-contained anti-blowout seal for fluids or gases A self contained anti-blowout seal includes a seal jacket having a static seal surface and a dynamic seal lip with a cavity therebetween. A retaining ring is provided and disposed, in part, within a cavity of the seal jacket and proximate the static seal ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6616146 | Radial seal arrangement A radial seal arrangement for sealingly engaging an outer surface of a shaft is provided. The radial seal arrangement includes a support member that has a first leg with an outer surface that extends substantially perpendicular to a reference axis. The su... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6406029 | Seal assembly having an encapsulated cone spring A seal ring having a frustoconical spring completely encapsulated within an annular body provides a bias force to an annular lip seal of the annular body to assure positive contact with an opposed face of an adjacently disposed member of a joint assembly.... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6367810 | Self-centering shaft seal system A seal assembly is undersized in relation to the bore in which it is installed to permit radial floating of the seal assembly within the bore to enable precise coaxial alignment between the seal assembly and shaft, despite misalignment between the axis of... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6315296 | Flangeless 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 l... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6302404 | Sealing device A sealing device primarily for sealing off a slit-shaped space between two radially extending surfaces arranged about a shaft and axially displaceable relative to each other along the shaft includes a first sleeve-shaped seal part and an elastically resil... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6168165 | Semi integrated sealing system A semi-integrated sealing system applied to the extremity of the output shaft (1) of the transmission case (2) of automotive vehicles and consisting substantially of assembling flange (10), static sealing element (20), which seals the interstice between t... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6126322 | Vehicle wheel supporting structure A muddy-water-proofed vehicle wheel supporting structure for mounting a wheel through a double-row tapered roller bearing on an end of an axle comprises a seal member interposed between a shoulder of the axle and a part constituting a sealing device, for ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6062571 | Radial shaft sealing ring A radial shaft sealing ring has at least one dynamically stressed first seal and at least one statically stressed second seal. The first and second seals are connected to a support ring having a centering seat that is placeable into a housing bore. The su... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6039322 | Sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement in which a rotary shaft lip seal is arranged in a housing bore hole under radial prestressing. The lip seal has a sealing lip sealingly surrounding a shaft to be sealed. The sealing lip is arranged on a first, radially inwardly point... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5845910 | Integrated sealing system for automatic transmission An integrated sealing system for automatic transmission made up of a sole part composed essentially of annular structural metal element (10), suitable for assembling in the annular space between the main shaft (1) and semi-shaft of the wheel set (2) and c... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5649710 | Unitized oil seals A unitized oil seal (10) includes a wear sleeve element (12) and a seal element (14). The wear sleeve element (12) is configured to include an axially outwardly and radially inwardly tapered dust sealing surface (38). The seal element (14) is provided wit... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5553866 | Cartridge-type lip seal with removable spacer A seal assembly for use in providing a dynamic fluid seal between a relatively rotating housing and shaft. The seal assembly eliminates the need for either a fixed internal thrust bearing or seal assembly contact with an adjacent inner bearing race. The s... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5479960 | Fluid couplings and seals A coupling comprising a female coupler and a male coupler insertable therein, the couplers having mutually engageable poppet valves for allowing fluid flow between the couplers on the mating of the couplers. A J-section annular sealing member has a dynami... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5462289 | Sealing arrangement at lead-through shafts A hygienic sealing arrangement for a leadthrough shaft passing through a cover (4) for use in the food industry or the like in which an outer seal ring (1) and an inner seal ring (2) are bonded to the cover (4) by vulcanization. Upon assembly, the side of... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5423557 | Flexible joint with jacket A flexible joint to ensure static imperviousness between one external medium and one internal medium, and dynamic imperviousness between the two portions of the internal medium. The joint includes a central core in the form of a spring surrounded by three... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5326111 | Separately bonded elastomeric sleeve for seal casing A shaft seal includes an annular rigid seal case insertable into a cylindrical bore in a seal housing. The joint between the seal case and the bore is sealed by an annular resilient sleeve stretched over the outer surface of the case. The sleeve is initia... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5299677 | Guide-tube with integral sealing for motor vehicle gearbox clutch release bearing The invention relates to a guide-tube with integral sealing for motor vehicle gearbox clutch release bearing, comprising a tubular sleeve able to be engaged axially around the input shaft of the gearbox and having a radial bearing surface made from one pa... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5269536 | Sealing device A sealing device in accordance with the present invention includes a projected portion having a rubber-like elastic member on the outer periphery of a seal member, and an outer cylindrical portion extending toward the seal member on a flange portion of a ... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5237971 | Valve stem seal assembly A valve stem seal assembly for installation about a valve stem surrounded by a valve guide includes a sleeve-like elastomer body having the following four components: (1) an annular, outer, oil-sealing lip for sealingly surrounding the valve stem in the i... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5096207 | Cartridge seal with dual lipped secondary seal A cartridge seal is described where the outer ring 1 and the inner ring 4 are inseparably joined to each other. The outer ring has a circumferential groove 2 which is axially open in a direction toward the outside 14 and which is engaged by a first and se... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5035272 | Device for sealing refueling opening A sealing device for use in a refueling opening is provided with an elastic seal member which seals a gap between a tubular casing provided in the refueling opening and a fueling nozzle inserted into the casing at the time of refueling. The elastic seal m... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5004248 | Unitized seal with unitizing joint remote from seal lip A unitized seal includes a unitizing joint which is remotely spaced from a seal lip. The seal requires only two stampings with one elastomeric element bonded to one of the stampings. The remaining stamping forms a one piece wear sleeve having a first sect... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4981303 | Sealing device A sealing device comprising a projected portion having a rubber-like elastic member on the outer periphery of a seal member, an outer cylindrical portion extending toward the seal member on a flange portion of a sleeve member. This outer cylindrical porti... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4949981 | Oil seal An oil seal is disclosed in which an axially extending annular portion is formed at a radially inward edge of either one of a support member and a sealing member. An annular elastic sealing member extends from a free end of the axially extending portion i... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4936591 | Low friction radial lip seal with deformable seal casing A unitized seal includes a first seal casing having a plastically deformable radially-extending unitizing flange and a second seal casing having at least one axially extending projection. The projection has an engagement surface which confronts the unitiz... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4934668 | Unitary seal for gas pressure spring assembly A multi-purpose seal assembly for a gas-pressurized spring including a rigid positioning unit and an elastomeric body portion covering part of the positioning unit. The positioning unit is of generally annular form with a cylindrical outer diameter alignm... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4911454 | Radial shaft sealing ring A radial shaft sealing ring comprises a stiffening ring as well as a sealing lip and an annular seal which are integrally combined by radial connecting sections running through notches in the stiffening ring. The annular seal is mounted in recesses in the... | 03/27/1990 |
