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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186692 | Split ring seal with spring element A split ring seal assembly includes a metal seal ring having two ends defining a circumferential gap therebetween. At least a first spring element is mounted to the two ends to bias the two ends circumferentially towards each other to reduce the diameter of a circum... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8061716 | Locking joint seal A locking joint seal includes a ring-shaped body made from poly tetra fluoroethylene and having a first end and a second end. The first and second ends each include mutually engageable first and second locking features. The first locking feature including a first ax... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7346985 | Bearing assembly spacer adjustment system and method for adjusting spacer A system for adjusting at least one spacer of a bearing assembly includes a force-transmitting member and a preload regulator. The force-transmitting member is configured to operatively receive a force and to transmit the force to an adjustable spacer. The preload r... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341259 | Air seal system for loudspeaker This invention provides an air seal system for loudspeakers where it is desirable to reproduce sound accurately and efficiently without loss in sound quality. The air seal system may include a housing, a baffle, and a cord gasket positioned in a gland to form an air... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7267330 | Split ring seal A split ring seal having a structured split formed with first and second overlapping leaves, movable between a compressed state and an expanded state, and having a first bore through the first leaf and a second bore through the second leaf such that, in the compress... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251892 | Bearing assembly spacer adjustable system and method for adjusting a spacer A system for adjusting at least one spacer of a bearing assembly includes a force-transmitting member and a preload regulator. The force-transmitting member is configured to operatively receive a force and to transmit the force to an adjustable spacer. The preload r... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7178809 | Roof weather strip for convertible car A roof weather strip for use in a convertible car is composed of a plurality of weather strip pieces corresponding to the folding of a sliding roof thereof. When the sliding roof is unfolded to form a roof of the convertible car, longitudinal end parts of adjacent r... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7080513 | Seal element for sealing a gap and combustion turbine having a seal element The invention pertains to a seal element for sealing a gap, in particular within a turbo-machinery, between a first component and a second components spaced apart from each other, said first component having a first surface and said second component having an opposi... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7040628 | Large diameter polytetrafluoroethylene or like seals A large-diameter PTFE seal. The lip of the seal is made from a long strip of PTFE bound together at the ends with the aid of a patching tape to form a closed loop. The loop is then flanged and placed between an inner and an outer case, together with a rubber-like ga... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025359 | Rope gasket with termination The present invention is a gasket comprising a length of rope formed at least substantially by a plurality of interwoven fibrous glass yarns and having at least two ends, and a soft wire mesh termination sleeve placed around and attached to the rope member at the jo... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6997677 | Method and apparatus for rotating machine main fit seal A method and apparatus for assembling a steam turbine is provided. The method includes performing a finite element analysis to determine a cross-section of a sealing member, positioning the sealing member in a leakage path defined between an inner casing and an oute... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6921033 | Fuel injection valve A fuel injector, particularly for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine having external ignition, include a valve housing formed by a nozzle body and a sealing ring which seals the fuel injector ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6827354 | Sealing system on a structural element, said system having a through-opening that can be closed and method for applying same A sealing system on a first structural element having a first through-opening, including a first closing flap rotatable about an axis for closing the first through-opening. The sealing system can be coupled to a second structural element. The first closing flap is p... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6802512 | Sealing body for longitudinally split cable fittings The inventive sealing body (DK) is comprised of a number of segments (DS1, DS2, DS3) in whose sealing chambers (DKAA, DKAM) a sealing block (DBAS, DBMS) is arranged that is made of an easily deformable, in particular, gel-like substance. Tabs (Z... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6533289 | Woven tubular gaskets and gasket-like devices with spring wire fasteners for ovens A improvement to a gasket that includes an elongated seamless tubular member formed from at least a plurality of interwoven glass fiber yarn ends and a plurality of spring clip fasteners spaced along the tubular member, each fastener including a base loca... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6402466 | Leaf seal for gas turbine stator shrouds and a nozzle band A leaf seal assembly is secured to the trailing edge of a shroud segment for sealing between the shroud segment and the leading edge side wall of a nozzle outer band. The leaf seal includes a circumferentially elongated seal plate biased by a pair of spri... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6368013 | Joint to be arranged around the circumference of a globally cylindrical element The invention concerns a joint, the ends of which (330) comprise means (333) which can be removably fitted into one another so that they can be mutually attached to or detached.... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6352267 | Adjustaby sizeable ring seal An adjustably sizable ring seal includes a monolithic ring having a first end portion and a second overlapping end portion. The first end portion has a first cross-section and the second end portion has an integrally formed reduced cross-section slidably ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6308960 | V-lock segmented speaker gasket A gasket especially adapted for use as a speaker ring is provided. The gasket is formed of a plurality of segments, each having first and second ends defining first and second complementary mating surfaces respectively. The complimentary mating surfaces a... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6241256 | Gasket for heat exchanger and method and apparatus for manufacturing same An apparatus for manufacturing a large-diameter gasket in which a pair of holding presses have press members which selectively bears against an elongate band while a bending press pivots against a portion of the band. The drive press bears against a porti... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6237921 | Nested bridge seal A seal includes a seal ring with a circumferential split defining a gap. An arcuate bridge extends across the gap and nests in the seal ring. The bridge includes an anchor end which engages the seal ring solely in friction to restrain differential circumf... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6139027 | CV joint boot with sealing sleeves A protective constant velocity (CV) joint boot having a tubular body with end openings and one longitudinal seam running from one end opening to the other enables rapid replacement of existing monolithic CV joint boots. Additionally, reinforcement of the ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 5876040 | Reusable one piece low pressure seal The low pressure seal arrangement for sealing a space defined by an inner diameter of a pipe and a rod slidably disposed with the pipe. The low pressure seal includes a sealing insert of reusable, noncorrosive, shape retentive, resilient, boron-resistant,... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5845911 | Replacement split boot assembly A replacement split boot assembly for a constant velocity joint on a vehicle is provided with slip-fit, non-threaded fasteners. The split boot body has pairs of opposing tabs across a longitudinal slit. Each of the tabs has a hole. The slip-fit, non-threa... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5839881 | Ceiling fan having a shock absorbing member A ceiling fan housing includes a cylindrical member having an upper and outer peripheral flange and a cover having a lower and outer peripheral flange. A disc includes an upper and a lower surfaces each having a peripheral groove for engaging with the per... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5678830 | Wire cover packing ring of an electric fan A wire cover packing ring for securing the wire cover of an electric fan in place, including a plurality of elastic connectors, and a plurality of smoothly arched ring sections connected into a ring by the elastic connectors, each of the smoothly arched r... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5280927 | Divided sealing ring for seal members in cable fittings A divided sealing ring is provided for cable sleeves and the like is a hose-shaped sealing ring with cut ends joined by a connector element which bridges the contacting plane of the divided ring. Individual coupling elements are firmly mounted in the insi... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5161808 | Collapsible sealing gasket A collapsible planar sealing gasket includes a number of longitudinally extending sections disposed in an end-to-end relationship with each longitudinal section being integrally and continuously joined to an adjacent longitudinally extending section by a ... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5149109 | Interlocking segmented seal A segmented seal (10) for sealing a first area bounded by the seal from an exterior area, is assembled from segments (12). Each segment includes a metal retainer plate (18) with resilient elements (20) (22) molded thereon. First ends (14) of the segments ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5149108 | Multi-piece gasket joint A multi-piece gasket utilizes pieces of elongated gasket material that have ends terminating in a number of longitudinally extending fingers with grooves disposed therebetween. The mating of the fingers and grooves defines a gasket joint and a seam line h... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4834395 | Gasket seal An arcuate concrete section (13) for forming a tunnel has a groove (12) around its edges for accommodating a rectangular frame sealing ring (11) of moulded rubber for sealing adjacent sections (13) together. The sealing ring (11) has a section (FIG. 3) wi... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4817967 | Angled junction sealing structure for gaskets A sealing structure for providing a relatively leak-proof seal between the junction of two gaskets which are disposed at an angle relative to one another is disclosed. A first gasket is interposed between two pieces of a first component of a vehicle engin... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4759555 | Split ring seal with slip joint A split ring seal assembly including a split ring seal having a first and a second free end and a connecting member in the shape of a ring segment having first and second ends. The split ring seal and the connecting element have mating E-shaped transverse... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4589666 | Slip joint assembly for a split ring seal A split ring seal assembly with a slip joint including a split ring having first and second free ends and a connecting member in the shape of a ring segment having first and second ends. The split ring seal has a multiple convoluted cross section with two... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4508355 | Gasket suitable for use in sealing exterior of sewer pipe to opening in manhole, and method and system employing same A circular gasket for sealing the opening between the exterior of a sewer pipe and the interior periphery of an opening in a manhole, in which greater sealing pressure is provided by using a plurality of longitudinal openings extending entirely around the... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4371180 | Gasket material A gasket material combines a braided organic fiber sleeve for conformability with a vitreous fiber sleeve for reinforcement thereof. The gasket material is impregnated with polytetrafluoroethylene as a sealant. In another embodiment a sleeve is braided of... | 02/01/1983 |
| 4290615 | Butterfly valve A butterfly valve having a split sealing ring in a groove in the interior of the passageway therethrough, the sealing ring having mating ends of a tongue and groove construction or the like.... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4218067 | Multi-ply sealing rings There is disclosed a resiliently deformable metallic annular sealing ring comprising an inner element and at least one adjacent concentric element. Each of the elements has a radial cross sectional shape comprising a curvilinear member which encompasses a... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4017090 | Closure strip A closure or sealing strip for interposition between corrugated or otherwise sinuous sheathing panels for walls or roofs or other building surfaces and a supporting or other frame element, the sealing strip comprising a laminated body in which the opposit... | 04/12/1977 |
