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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7372933 | Radioactive-material container, metal gasket for sealing the radioactive-material container, and method of manufacturing the metal gasket A radioactive-material container includes a container body that shields nuclear radiation, which includes a cavity that stores a basket containing a recycle fuel assembly, a lid that covers the cavity, and a metal gasket that includes a sealing area that makes a phy... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7331359 | Valve with bi-loading seal A fluid control valve has at its lower inlet end a bi-loading seal. The seal is generally ring shaped in top view. However, it has a first flexible load section for sealing the stationary disk with respect to the housing and a second load section having an annular i... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7264549 | Joint boot A joint boot, wherein sealing performance of a large-diameter attachment part to an outer casing is enhanced, includes a large-diameter attachment part 2, a small-diameter attachment part 4 and a bellows part 5. The large-diameter attachment par... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7234704 | Wiping and/or sealing element as well as process for sealing a piston and clamping and/or support element The present invention pertains to a wiping and/or sealing element for sealing a piston (11) guided movably in a housing (10) with a seal held in a groove (21, 30). The present invention pertains, furthermore, to a process for sealing a movable p... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7168744 | Fastening structure for use at low temperature A first flange and a second flange are superposed and fastened with a bolt and a nut in a fastening operation, to implement a fastening structure used at temperature lower than atmospheric temperature for the fastening operation. Assuming that the first flange has a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7121558 | Gasket structure for fuel cell and fabrication method of the same A gasket for fuel cells and a fabrication method of the same have two or more rubber powders having different hardness are coated onto a rigid substrate together with a liquid rubber, for example by a spray method, for thereby implementing a repulsive elastic proper... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7070876 | Membrane electrode assembly with integrated seal A membrane electrode assembly with an improved integrated seal comprises an edge seal having an inboard pad attached to the edge of the electrodes, a flexible coupling adjacent the pad, and a sealing element adjacent the coupling. The sealing element is significantl... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063327 | Sealing element A sealing element, especially a flat seal, consisting of a metal-supported elastomer material, containing sealing profiles that are offset form one another, between which, at given intervals, elements that provide acoustic de-coupling, also made of elastomer materia... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7044513 | Weather resistant latch handle assembly A weather resistant latch handle assembly including a pan having sidewalls with an opening from an interior side of the pan to an exterior side of the pan, a pan floor, and a recessed area defined by the sidewalls and the floor. Bushings are carried in the openings ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032905 | Leak resistant seal A seal includes a resilient carrier with opposed limbs holding sealing rings that engage sealing surfaces. The seal is oriented so that a space between the limbs is exposed to a higher than ambient pressure that biases the limbs apart to increase the force pressing ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7029013 | Seal member, and substrate storage container using the same A seal member for a substrate storage container disposed between an opening end portion of a container body and a cover, which container body and cover form the container and which container body has the opening end portion and stores substrates, is disclosed. The s... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017917 | Seal structure in engine body A crankcase is coupled to a lower end face of a cylinder block of an engine and includes first and second case halves coupled to each other in a plane perpendicular to joint surfaces of the cylinder block and the crankcase. A U-shaped seal groove is defined in one o... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014193 | Gasket with selectively positioned seal enhancement zones A gasket with selectively positioned seal enhancement zones located in the web of the gasket is provided. The gasket is formed of a base sheet of gasket material cut to define an interior aperture bounded by an interior edge and webs. Slots are formed at selected lo... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004879 | Axle differential with stamped carrier cover pan An salisbury axle assembly that includes a differential gearset in a carrier housing. A housing cover is coupled to the carrier housing and is operable for sealingly closing a window on the carrier housing through which there is access to the differential gearset. T... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004477 | Reduced load gasket A gasket is adapted to seal between a first member and a second member, and includes a first portion a second portion. The first portion includes a first elastomeric seal portion adapted to be in sealing engagement with the first member. The first portion may also i... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6941721 | Fixing element for double pane insulating window The invention relates to a fixing element (10) for double pane insulating glass (42, 44), which is anchored by expansion of an expansible ring (16) in a drilled hole having a conical undercut in an outer glass pane (42) of the insulating ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6908070 | Cylinder valve insert A valve insert for a cylinder valve for connecting an LPG tank to a gas consuming appliance has a body member mounted in the outlet end of the cylinder valve and a valve element slidable in the body member and cooperable therewith to control the flow of gas from the... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905125 | Metal gasket An annular-shaped metal gasket, which can reduce a tightening force necessary to a seal and easily manage the manufacturability and the characteristics thereof, the metal gasket, in an annular-shaped metal gasket having a cross section provided with an outer circumf... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6869081 | Constant seating stress gasket system A gasket system for sealed interfaces utilizes a carrier ring having inner and outer compression stops to account for and control flange rotation effects in order to achieve a uniform and constant gasket seating stress across the sealing region. The inner compressio... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6837498 | Sealing system for an assembly One part of an assembly has one wall with a face-end groove in which a rubber-elastic seal is disposed. In the unstressed state, the seal protrudes past two groove cheeks of the groove. The groove cheek toward the outside is provided with a luglike protrusion while ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6814359 | Gasket A film-integrated gasket comprising a resin film and an adhesive rubber layer directly molded on the resin film, where the adhesive rubber layer is molded in an inverted T-type stepped wall cross-section from addition reaction type silicone rubber, can satisfy requi... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6769697 | Gasket There is provided a gasket comprising a sealing portion and a deformation stopper portion. When the gasket is placed between adjacent surfaces to be sealed of two objects, the sealing portion is engaged by the adjacent surfaces. The deformation stopper portion is en... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6688606 | Gasket and a method for the manufacture thereof The invention refers to gaskets suitable for usage in internal combustion engines. The gaskets according to the invention comprise at least one metal layer, the metal layer having one or several openings in accordance with the number and location of the c... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6582172 | Isolated mechanical fastening system An isolated mechanical fastening system, which includes an exterior first section having a first transverse bore. The system also includes an exterior second section having a second transverse bore, wherein the second transverse bore is aligned with the f... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6457726 | Stamped sealing arrangement for a flat flanged joint The sealing arrangement for a flat flanged joint comprising a preferably metallic base body 1 has bearing surfaces 7, 7' on each of its two sides for ring-shaped supports (11, 12) made of a soft material, the bearing surfaces (7, 7') being flat over a lar... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6419239 | Sealing structure of a joint for three members In order to improve a sealing structure of a joint for three members, in which the three members butt against each other and a joint portion has a T-shape, in the sealing structure of a joint for three members, in which the three members, i.e. a first, a ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6254105 | Sealing system for acoustic wave touchscreens A sealing system for an acoustic touchscreen includes an elongate gel body between the touchscreen and the bezel of a housing onto which the touchscreen is mounted. The elongate gel body forms a seal around the perimeter of the touch-sensitive area of the... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6186514 | Gasket for sealing a refrigerant compressor A gasket having a surface thereof coated with an elastic membrane and adapted to be interposed, together with a valve plate and a discharge valve member, between a cylinder block and a housing of a refrigerant compressor under compression. The gasket incl... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6188014 | Electrical enclosure having improved sealing and shielding component and method of manufacture thereof An electrical enclosure having an improved sealing and shielding component and a method of manufacturing such an enclosure is provided. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a wire mesh is positioned against the surface of the enclosure. Whil... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6121545 | Low closure force EMI shielding spacer gasket An EMI shielding spacer gasket assembly for interposition under a predetermined compressive load within an electronics enclosure between a first surface and an oppositely-disposed second surface of the enclosure. The assembly includes a frame member and a... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5958160 | Valve with elliptical base A valve for removable attachment to the rim of a heavy-vehicle tubeless t includes a valve base, a locking nut and a sealing joint. The valve base has a tubulure that passes through an opening in the rim, a shoulder for compressing the sealing joint agai... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5794946 | Spiral wound gasket A spiral wound gasket able to compress and seal under various loads and provide sealing capabilities. The gasket generally includes a spiral wound portion and an outer guide ring to limit the compression of the gasket. The spiral winding is formed of inte... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5735533 | Cavity depth increasing retainer A sealing assembly is disclosed for creating a seal between first and second mating members or components. The sealing assembly basically includes a seal retainer with one or more annular seals coupled thereto. The seal retainer including a substantially ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735532 | Seal compression limiting retainer A sealing assembly is disclosed for creating a seal between first and second mating members or components. The sealing assembly basically includes a seal retainer with one or more annular seals coupled thereto. The seal retainer includes a body portion co... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5730448 | Seal retainer plate A sealing assembly is disclosed for creating a seal between first and second mating members or components. The sealing assembly basically includes a seal retainer plate with one or more annular seals coupled thereto. The seal retainer plate includes a sub... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5713582 | Seal retainer A sealing assembly is disclosed for creating a seal between first and second mating members or components. The sealing assembly basically includes a seal retainer with one or more annular seals coupled thereto. The seal retainer including a substantially ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5513603 | Seal and fastener isolator system for a valve cover A seal and fastener isolator system for a thermoplastic valve cover that has the seal made of a silicone rubber and is integrally formed with the fastener isolator so as to allow the entire assembly to be manufactured in one molding operation.... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5176215 | Composite drain plug A composite drain plug comprising a metal plug element and an elastomeric seal element. The plug element includes a body with a head portion defined in part by exterior, tool-engaging flank surfaces, a radially enlarged, seal positioning flange with an ou... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5034852 | Gasket for a hollow core module A removable gasket for sealing an air-cooled hollow core module to the port of a chassis plenum for supplying cooling air includes an aluminum frame to which a thermally conductive elastomer seal is vulcanized. The gasket frame provides support for the se... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4973067 | Hopper car discharge gate seal A peripheral sealing gasket is disclosed for use in mounting a discharge gate to the adapter frame of a railroad hopper car. The gasket has a peripheral base formed of a relatively rigid sealing material, which base is formed and adapted to be positioned ... | 11/27/1990 |
