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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7926819 | Seals for transmission drive motors A seal for use between the housing of an automatic transmission and the housing (can) of a transmission drive motor is disposed at each end of the drive motor housing. The seal includes a preferably metal annulus having inner and outer elastomeric ribbed seals secur... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7905498 | Gasket formed from various material A gasket for creating a seal between two surfaces. The gasket may include a pervious base sheet and a permeating material applied to or incorporated into the base sheet. The gasket is formed by various methods disclosed herein. The gasket may include a base sheet, a... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7434533 | Gasket for supporting and sealing a curved object A self-sealing gasket is suitable for sealing a curved object to a surface. The gasket includes a pair of side rails and a support panel between the side rails. Respective top portions of the side rails extend above the support panel to define an object receiving ch... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7341256 | Seal ring A seal ring which maintains a stable sealing performance over a long term is provided. In a first seal portion, linear contact portions which come into linear contact with the sidewall surface of an annular groove on the unsealed fluid side are continuously extended... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338050 | Expansion joint gasket An expansion gasket 10 positionable between similar or dissimilar materials having an exterior exposure to the elements. In the preferred embodiment, the expansion gasket of the present invention 10 provides means to seal a space occurring between mate... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7311311 | Seal A seal rubber 3 is placed in a first peripheral groove 2 formed in one main surface 1A of an approximately flat-plate-shaped metal body 1. A second peripheral groove 4 and multiple communicating holes 5 to communicate betwee... | 12/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7159874 | Sealing construction A sealing construction provided with a plate member of metal and a rubber member forming a sealing portion and unitedly fixed to the plate member on which a ring concave groove is formed on an obverse face. And, plural through holes, having enlarged opening end port... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7121556 | Molded plastic gasket A gasket is provided having a body including at least one service aperture and an integrally formed sealing bead portion. In an embodiment, the sealing bead portion includes a first outwardly extending bead and a first concave channel opposite the first outwardly ex... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7101147 | Sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement that can be employed to maintain a seal in any suitable pressure vessel including but not limited to a gas turbine engine. The sealing arrangement is forg sealing a leakage gap between at least two relatively moveable parts that are adjacent to... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7083171 | Metal seal and attachment method for the same and tight-seal construction A metal seal of ring as a whole disposed between a first contact flat face portion and a second contact flat face portion parallel to each other. This metal seal has a middle base portion, a first contact convex portion, and a second contact convex portion. The firs... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066927 | Vented seal having redundant sealing components A seal having a body and several bands extending away from the body. The bands extend around an axial portion of the body. In some embodiments, the bands project from and are formed integral with the body. For example, the bands can be rings. Two bands can be locate... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059612 | Gasket A gasket comprises a ring member made of a metal material, and a covering section composed of an elastic material, wherein the covering section integrally covers side surfaces and an inner circumferential surface of the ring member respectively. First to third protr... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048279 | Laminated carrier gasket with off-set elastomeric sealing A gasket assembly is formed at least two carrier layers laminated together and formed with at least one opening through the carrier corresponding to openings across a parting plane of two members to be sealed. an elastomeric seal is molded to the carrier to define s... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7007954 | Annular gasket for a fluid transfer coupling, and a coupling fitted with such a gasket The invention seeks to enable a coupling to be made in which assembly forces during assembly of the gasket are small, even though the coupling is of large size, e.g. having a diameter equal to 50 mm. To achieve this object, the invention proposes making a gasket who... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6981704 | Gasket A longitudinally-endless gasket mounted into a groove portion formed in one of members to provide sealing between this one member and another of the members when they are fastened to each other. The gasket has a sectional shape corresponding to a sectional shape of ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6971818 | Tactile warning surfaces for walkways and method A tactile warning surface structure having underfoot detectability is formed in place by a method wherein the shank portions of a plurality pins are inserted into and bonded to a plurality of holes formed in an upper surface of a concrete slab of a walkway. The hole... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6910692 | Composite elastomeric seal for sealing fluid lines A composite elastomeric seal for sealing fluid line members is provided. The composite seal comprises an outer U-shaped seal body and an inner elastomeric portion. The U-shaped seal body comprises inner and outer extending arms, each arm having a shaped contour and ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6883807 | Multidirectional turbine shim seal A turbine seal closure mechanism for sealing an opening in a turbine component or between one or more turbine components. The turbine seal may include a main body having a longitudinal axis positioned transverse to the axial direction of the turbine and having at le... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6857635 | Ultra high vacuum ferrofluidic seals and method of manufacture A ferrofluid seal incorporates a metal seal comprised of two knife-edges and a flat metal washer is formed between a pole piece and the housing at the axial interface between the parts. One knife edge is machined into the inner face of the housing flange and the oth... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6824138 | Gasket An elastic gasket is mounted to an annular groove on a seal surface of a cover member and used for sealing between the cover member and a block member closely attached to the seal surface. A transverse width of a cross section in a leading end side portion is smalle... | 11/30/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6761360 | Interference-fit retainer gasket A gasket for interposition between a first and an opposing second interface surface of a sealing assembly. The gasket includes a generally planar retainer and a generally annular elastomeric member supported on the retainer. The retainer has an inner and an outer pe... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6722660 | Molded gasket An injection molded gasket has a longitudinally extending gasket body with laterally opposite sides and a plurality of longitudinally spaced retention nubs projecting laterally outwardly of the body from the opposite sides. At least one longitudinally extending inga... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6705832 | Turbine A turbine includes a sealing element with a receiving area for sealing the guide blade vanes which are adjacent to each other in the peripheral direction of the turbine. The foot plates of the guide blade vanes extend into the receiving area. The edge area of the fo... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6702549 | Turbine installation A turbine installation, especially a gas turbine installation, includes foot plates of the guide blades of adjacent turbine stages being interconnected with a clip-type sealing element on their rear sides facing away from the gas area. This provides a sim... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6676137 | Snap-on EMI gasket clip and method of sealing a computer chassis from EMI In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a system for shielding electromagnetic energy. The system comprises an electromagnetic interference (EMI) gasket comprising at least one longitudinal member that is operable to exert a spring force u... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6620316 | Modular system for putting together different sized filter elements A modular system for putting together different sized filter elements, especially filter elements having different lengths, more particularly filter devices for hydraulic fluids, comprising a support tube that defines an inner cavity in the corresponding ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6598883 | Resilient elastomer and metal retainer gasket for sealing between curved surfaces A gasket assembly for interposition between a mating, mutually-opposed pair of curved surfaces. The gasket includes a flexible metal retainer, and at least one seal element which is supported on the retainer along at least a portion of the inner or outer ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592296 | Sealing assembly for tunnel construction sections A sealing assembly comprising two abutting components and a sealing profile produced from an elastomeric material, which bridges the gap between the two components to form a seal. The components are configured in particular as sections which are assembled... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6543787 | Boundary gasket with waffle pattern sealing beads A unitary boundary gasket adapted for sealing between flanged portions of two axially mated surfaces of rigid metallic members, such as between an engine block and an associated engine oil pan. In one preferred form, the gasket has a rectilinearly shaped ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6540234 | Gaskets A gasket (10; 40; 50; 70) comprises a sealing member which forms a closed loop extending around a hole. The sealing member is formed from resilient metal and has a transverse cross section which is generally X-shaped and comprises two arms (12, 14) which ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6527278 | Corner mold and seal system A corner mold is provided for use in a seal system which protects the corner of a structure from damage and deterioration and creates a barrier covering the gap between adjacent structures. The corner mold includes two external members distanced apart by ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6494465 | Seals for hydraulic assemblies A seal for hydraulic assemblies operating at high temperatures having adaptations (19, 20, 49, 50) for low pressures sealing and configured to move across the gap to be sealed at higher pressures with an angled base on a slope (23, 44) or a cup shape (73,... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6460859 | Resilient elastomer and metal retainer gasket for sealing between curved surfaces A gasket assembly for interposition between a mating, mutually-opposed pair of curved surfaces. The gasket includes a resilient retainer formed of a metal material and having an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter defining an enclosed geometric shape w... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6419237 | Spring compression seal Seal (20) is formed in two halves (22A, 22B) mated along a transverse centerplane (502). Each half faces outward from an associated side of centerplane (502) and includes centrally apertured (100) metal body (22A, 22B). Each body has an outwardly projecti... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6416059 | Brass insert molded into "church window" of service accelerated release valve gasket The present invention provides a gasket for use in a service portion of a brake control valve in a railway braking system. The gasket comprises an elastomeric composition with a predetermined shape. There is a series of bead-like projections formed on the... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6390480 | Windshield seal A windshield seal has a base, to be connected to windshield molding. The base is generally parallel to a windshield in a section view. A primary sealing lip is connected at an inboard end of the base, to contact the windshield. A secondary sealing lip is ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6371224 | Threaded spacer An improved thin walled threaded spacer for use in preventing thread galling in adjacent sections of drill pipe in a drill string is formed by mechanically deforming a strip of copper/beryllium alloy containing 2% beryllium to form a preform having a holl... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6332618 | Double sided gasket A metal gasket for preventing leakage of radio frequency signals when mounting shielded radio electronics includes gasket body having a first surface and an opposite second surface and a plurality of spring arms. Each spring arm includes a free proximal p... | 12/25/2001 |
