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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7341257 | Integrated sensor-seal module for detecting angular position of a crankshaft A shaft seal/position sensor module assembly includes a carrier body that is mountable on a shaft housing about an opening through which a rotatable shaft extends. A sleeve is mountable on the shaft and carries a multi-pole encoder ring having a radially outwardly f... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7252293 | Two-part gasket for pipe-to-pipe connections A gasket for pipe-to-pipe connections, which is closely received within a rectangular-shaped annular groove in the bell end of a pipe, and provides a compressive, fluid-tight seal with the spigot end of another pipe. The gasket includes a two-part body having a subs... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7172007 | Reinforcing ring applicator A reinforcing ring applicator is provided to receive cartridges of reinforcer rings for applying flat, adhesive-coated annular reinforcement rings onto sheets of material about perforations which have been formed in the sheets of material. The reinforcer ring cartri... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7134669 | Sealing ring A sealing ring has an annular disk with at least one fastening part secured on a first machine part and at least one sealing part that, when the sealing ring is mounted, sealingly rests against a second machine part. The annular disk is fastened without intermediate... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7108058 | Packing assembly for rotary drilling swivels and pumps having rotating shafts A packing assembly for use with a rotary drilling swivel having a cylindrical wash pipe comprising a housing assembly including a packing gland forming a sealing assembly chamber around the wash pipe, the packing gland including an injection port in open communicati... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7025357 | Shaft seal having lip supports A shaft seal includes an elastomeric annular body having an outwardly protruding annular lip. An annular outer case is embedded into the body. An annular insert is positioned adjacent the outer case. An annular inner case is embedded into the body adjacent the inser... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6921083 | Sealing apparatus and a rolling bearing and a clutch apparatus provided therewith A sealing apparatus (20) has a slinger (22) with a substantially L-shaped cross-section including a cylindrical portion (22a) to be fitted on a member of rotational side and an upstanding portion (22b) radially extending fro... | 07/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6623012 | Poppet valve seat for an integrated pressure management apparatus A seal for a poppet valve of an integrated pressure management apparatus, a valve system using the poppet valve seal, and a method of cleaning debris off of a poppet valve. The poppet valve is movable between an open position permitting fluid flow through... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6620361 | Method of manufacturing a composite seal A method of fabricating a fluid seal for sealing a relatively rotatable member, wherein the fluid seal has an elastomeric sealing member bonded to a PTFE insert. A wafer of PTFE material has a body portion and an end portion of a greater thickness than th... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6422569 | Snap-in retainer for a fluid seal A retainer for the installation of a seal or other component within a machine assembly including concentric first and second machine parts. One of the machine parts is formed as including a gland having a forward end wall and first and second peripheral w... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6401322 | Method of manufacturing a sealing apparatus A method of manufacturing a sealing apparatus has an annular sealing lip formed of a resin material, a reinforcing ring having a bent section for nipping the peripheral; end portion of the annular sealing lip, and a sealing portion formed of a rubber-like... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6196552 | Seal assembly for annular hydraulic cylinder A seal assembly especially suitable for use as the sealing element in the annular cylindrical bore of a concentric cylinder assembly. The seal assembly includes an annular insert structure of rigid material and an annular seal member of elastomeric materi... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6139023 | Seal for movable structural components A seal for movable structural components, like piston rods or shafts, includes a carrier body made of thermoplastic material and a sealing member locked to said carrier body and made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) material. A form-lock connection is ac... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6053506 | Slide ring seal assembly including a supporting ring having an embedded reinforcing body A slide ring seal assembly includes a slide ring having a radial slide face and a circumferential conical surface; a support ring, made of an elastic material, surrounding the slide ring and having a circumferential conical surface; an annular elastic rol... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5979904 | Rotary reciprocating seals with exterior metal band A seal assembly is provided for rotary and reciprocating sealing between a shaft and a housing. The seal assembly includes a seal ring in the shape of an annulus having a body portion with an inside flange and an outside flange extending longitudinally th... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5884919 | Sealing device and sealing device manufacturing method Handling ability can be improved and operational defect at a time of integral formation with a rubber like elastic seal lip can be prevented by effecting a chamfering working to an edge portion of a conical washer like resin ring. In a method in which a c... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5676383 | Hydrodynamic low-torque lubricant seal with pumping projections An annular elastomeric sealing member includes a static sealing lip and a series of projections facing the lubricant. Each projection has a convex front surface that provides two oppositely facing pumping faces and an angled rear surface that intersects t... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5649709 | Shaft seal with dust sealing lip A shaft seal (20) suitable for use in automotive shock absorber. The shaft seal (20) includes an annular dust sealing member (36) having a dust sealing lip (56) and an auxiliary rib (60). The auxiliary rib (60) is configured to present a rounded profile (... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5642889 | Sealing ring A sealing ring inserted into the radial space between two relatively movable cylindrical surfaces of a first and a second machine part. The cylindrical surfaces surround one another coaxially, and the sealing ring includes a first device for statically st... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5607168 | Seal incorporating a resilient sealing element A shaft seal includes a case defining an axial portion and a radial portion, and a resilient PTFE sealing member is secured to the case by an elastomeric material, such as rubber, in an injection molding process. The elastomeric material forms an outer ri... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5595697 | Method of manufacturing a sealing device A sealing device to be mounted between a member and a rotation shaft which can be rotated relatively to the member, includes an annular flanged portion formed of a resin and disposed to surround the rotation shaft, and extends in a radial direction of the... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5588656 | Crankshaft seal having resilient portion embedded in rigid retainer A sealing structure for use in an automobile engine includes a retainer 1, a plurality of lips 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d and a metal ring 3. The retainer 1 has a main annular body made of a resin material. The lips 2a, 2b 2c, 2d are formed on the metal ring 3. After... | 12/31/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5503408 | Lip seal for a rotary shaft A seal assembly is mounted on a shaft in sealing relationship to provide a sealed chamber in a housing from which the shaft extends. The seal assembly includes a unitary annular seal body attached to an annular retainer. The seal body includes three radia... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5462287 | Method for the manufacture of a shaft seal A seal for sealing the end of a shaft passing out of the end wall of a casing, as well as for sealing the end wall, is characterized in that a gasket receptacle is manufactured as a light metal pressure die casting, that a polytetrafluoroethylene sealing ... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5462288 | Shaft seal assembly A seal for sealing the end of a shaft passing out of the end wall of a casing and for sealing the end wall includes a gasket receptacle produced as a light metal pressure die casting. A sheet metal ring with a shaft seal ring molded onto it is pressed rad... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5383728 | Sealing shield, particularly for rolling bearings A sealing shield, particularly for rolling bearings, of the type wherein relatively soft, elastic peripheral portions are secured to a relatively rigid intermediate portion; the intermediate portion consisting of a single rigid annular insert formed from ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5350181 | Pumping feature on wear sleeve for unitized seal A fluid seal assembly with a primary seal element and a wear sleeve element. The primary seal includes a casing and a seal element that contacts a sealing surface on the wear sleeve. The wear sleeve has a cylindrical portion that overlies a portion of the... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5326112 | Seal for high pressure applications A fluid seal assembly for use in high pressure sealing applications. The assembly includes a seal with a rigid casing having a radial casing flange and an elastomeric seal body bonded to the casing. The assembly also includes an annular lip reinforcing ri... | 07/05/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5286038 | Unitized seal for heavy duty application A unitized seal assembly for vehicle wheel hubs and the like. The seal assembly includes a primary seal component and a wear sleeve component. The primary seal component includes an elastomeric seal body with a primary sealing lip contacting a first porti... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5275387 | Gas spring A gas spring with a piston reciprocable in a chamber of a casing, a sealing assembly at the rear end of the casing through which the piston rod extends, and an end cap closing the rear end of the casing. The sealing assembly has a reinforcing ring having ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5269539 | Hydraulic shaft seal A hydraulic shaft seal (10) has a first elastomeric part (40) and a second elastomeric part (42). The first elastomeric part (40) has a surface (54) for sealingly engaging the peripheral surface (56) of a shaft (14), and is formed of a vulcanizable elasto... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5209502 | Dual lip seal and method of forming the seal A dual lip shaft seal includes two sealing disks bonded directly to a radial wall of an annular metal case. The radial wall has an annular step, such that two separate mounting surfaces are formed for mounting the two disks. Each sealing disk is preferabl... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5198053 | Method and apparatus for bonding polytetrafluoroethylene to a metal substrate and articles thereby produced Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is bonded to a metal substrate such as an oil seal casing via an intermediary bonding layer of fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP). Induction heating is used to rapidly melt the FEP and PTFE without degrading their physical... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5183271 | Sealing device and manufacturing method of the same A sealing device dispossed between two members which are relatively rotatable, such as rotation shaft and housing of machinery, includes a first seal ring provided with a resin seal lip being disposed in an axial direction of one of the members to be seal... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5152538 | Composite seal assembly A composite seal assembly which includes a retainer element, a retainer insert and an elastomeric sealing unit. The elastomeric sealing unit is bonded to the retainer insert and the retainer insert is thereafter secured in fluid tight relation to a circul... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5127497 | Lip seal ring with improved sealing bond A lip seal ring for circumferentially contacting and sealing a shaft movable relative to the lip seal ring includes an elastomer ring having a sealing lip and an adhering face and a stiffening ring made of a deformation-resistant material. The stiffening ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5123661 | Fluid sealing structure A casing component, such as a crankcase end cover of an automobile engine, has a fluid seal, such as an oil seal, incorporated with the component by being molded on to a flange which is an integral part of the component.... | 06/23/1992 |
