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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8079601 | Prefabricated complex joint sealer A sealing member for sealing over a structural joint or compound expansion joint. The sealing member has an elastomeric portion to overlie the lines of the joint and an adhesive receiving region to the sides of the elastomeric portion. The adhesive receiving region ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 7469906 | Filter lip seal and method A lip seal has an internal spring element disposed in an elastomeric ring. The spring element has a central ring with inwardly directed angled fingers ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7413195 | Spherical annular seal member A spherical annular seal member (58) includes: a spherical annular base member (56) defined by a cylindrical inner surface (52), a partially convex spherical surface (56), and end faces (54, 55); and an outer layer (57) form... | 08/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7284527 | Tuned vibration absorber A tuned vibration absorber is disclosed that includes a base, a spring mounted to the base, and a mass mounted to the spring. The absorber is particularly, advantageous when mounted to a specific vehicle component via a mounting bolt that is already employed to moun... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281521 | Sealing element for placing between an injector casing and a cylinder head and an injector casing and a cylinder head provided with a sealing element of this type The sealing element has a ring consisting of an elastic material. The ring consists of a continuous support section, a first sealing lip, formed thereon for sealing the injector casing and a second sealing lip for sealing the cylinder head. The sealing lips project ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7258347 | Discrete active seal assemblies Active seal assemblies employing active materials that can be controlled and remotely changed to alter the seal effectiveness, wherein the active seal assemblies actively change modulus properties such as stiffness, shape orientation, and the like. In this manner, i... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252294 | Weather strip A weather strip has a trim part adapted to be mounted on a flange, a seal part having a hollow portion and a cover lip. The trim part has a bottom wall portion, and an interior and an exterior side wall portions which constitute a pair of side wall portions and is f... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7229077 | Ordered elastomeric composite material Ordered elastomeric composites comprise an ordered arrangement of a number of first elastomeric phases distributed uniformly within a continuous matrix second elastomeric phase. The second phase can be formed from an elastomeric material that is relatively harder th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7172202 | Spherical annular seal member and method of manufacturing the same A spherical annular seal member (1) has a seal body (4) in which a heat-resistant material (2) and a reinforcing member (3) made of a metal wire have been compressed to fill meshes of the metal wire net of the reinforcing member (3... | 02/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7074096 | Electrical contact with plural arch-shaped elements An electrical contact includes a conductor comprising a series of arch-shaped elements that are formed continuous with one another and extend along a centerline. Optionally, the arch-shaped elements are pitched at an acute angle with respect to the centerline and ar... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074357 | Gasket A film-integrated gasket comprising a resin film and an adhesive rubber layer directly molded on the resin film. The adhesive rubber layer is molded from addition reaction type silicone rubber. The adhesive rubber layer can have a reduced thickness and can prevent p... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070355 | Ball- and -socket joint A ball-and-socket joint has a housing, a ball pivot (3) mounted pivotably in the housing, and a sealing bellows (1), which is fastened to the housing and is mounted on the ball pivot (3) slidably via a sealing ring (4) provided with two l... | 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 |
| 7063330 | Spherical annular seal member and method of manufacturing the same A spherical annular seal member 55 has a cylindrical inner surface 52 defining a through hole 51 in a central portion thereof, an outer surface 53 formed in the shape of a partially convex spherical surface, and an annular end face 54 ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7055829 | Antiextrusion device An elastomeric seal having an antiextrusion device molded integrally into or onto the low pressure side of the seal. The antiextrusion of a corrugated strip into an elastomeric seal. One embodiment of the invention has the strip positioned with the midplane of its c... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052021 | Sealing, trimming and finishing strips and vehicle doors incorporating such strips A vehicle door has inner and outer panel parts (5, 6) defining the hollow interior (16) of the door which supports a rigid frame (not shown) for a window glass (18) which slides into and out of the hollow interior (16) through a waist gap... | 05/30/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7004474 | Seal for an endless track A seal for an endless track has a cross section having a centerline parallel to an axis of the seal and a configuration symmetric with respect to the centerline of the cross section. The seal can include an elastically deformably configured portion having a cross se... | 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 |
| 6976689 | Linked suspension system for a vehicle A suspension system for a vehicle, having at least first and second shock absorbers. The first shock absorber has a first main piston, and the second shock absorber has a second main piston. The shock absorbers are motively linked such that when the first main pisto... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6971535 | Containment vessel A containment vessel formed from at least two rigid panels placed in a parallel plane having a spacer positioned between the panels wherein a containment area is formed along an upper surface of the spacer and inner surface of the rigid panels. The spacer can be for... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964825 | Compliant manifold gasket A fuel cell gasket assembly for use in conjunction with a fuel cell stack by placing the gasket assembly between the periphery of a face of the stack and a manifold. The periphery of the stack face includes periphery portions that expand differently during operation... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962373 | Pipe fitting with composite gasket assembly A pipe fitting includes a body having sockets for receiving pipes therein and a composite gasket housed within a circumferential gasket retention housing integral with the socket. The composite gaskets include a V-shaped carrier of relatively stiff plastic having an... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6889985 | Core metal insert for weatherseals A core metal insert is provided for reinforcing a weatherseal. The core metal insert has a generally U-channel shaped cross-section and has first and second tines extending from a longitudinally extending backbone strip. The tines are bent to provide the U-channel s... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6846125 | Assemblies of panels with a sealing spring fastener comprising a closed cavity This invention relates to a sealing spring fastener, which comprises a U-shaped structure, on which an elastic body has been incorporated. The elastic body has a closed cavity within the U-shaped structure. The sealing spring fastener can form an assembly with an ex... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6824140 | Manway cover gasket The manway cover has a groove into which a gasket is adapted to be mounted. The groove has an inside diameter. The gasket has an annular metal insert having a top surface and bottom surface, and an inside edge and an outside edge and corresponding inside and outside... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6739599 | Molding and method and device for manufacturing the molding The present invention provides elongated moldings in which the occurrence of unintended curves is prevented and which can be installed while accurately conforming to the shape of the installation area. The molding body (121) of the elongated molding (120) provided b... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6712365 | Over-molded gland seal An over-molded gland seal for producing both a fluidic seal and a fluid conduit. The apparatus includes a substrate having an elastomeric layer over-molded thereon and an elastomeric gland seal molded into the over-molded layer. Another aspect of the apparatus inclu... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6695320 | Gasket and gasket tape and method of making and using the same A gasket material for sealing between two members. The gasket material includes a flexible, woven skeletal member. Enclosing the skeletal member is a flexible, compressible resilient body member having a tacky outer surface, the tacky outer surface for en... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6685197 | Silicone rubber gasket with perforated metal core and method A valve cover gasket has a perforated central core of metal including protrusions extending from planar sides of the core. Silk screened on each side of the core is a silicone foam rubber layer adapted to replace traditional cork gasket structures used fo... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6648542 | Vehicles having parts connected with a sealing spring fastener comprising a closed cavity This invention relates to a sealing spring fastener, which comprises a U-shaped structure, on which an elastic body has been incorporated. The elastic body has a closed cavity within the U-shaped structure. The sealing spring fastener can form an assembly... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6623832 | Sealing strips A sealing strip, such as for fitting to the frame of a door opening in a motor vehicle body, comprises a longitudinally extending channel-shaped mounting portion incorporating a channel-shaped reinforcing carrier. The hollow tubular longitudinally extendi... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6623013 | Seal device According to the invention there is provided a seal device (1), for example for use with an obturating device such as a cone value (2) of an intermediate bulk container (3) (IBC) which is set down at a discharge station (4) with a sealing arrangement ther... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6607830 | Composite material for metal gasket The composite material for a metal gasket includes a metal plate; a rubber layer fixed on the surface of the metal plate; and a solid lubricant layer fixed on the rubber layer. The solid lubricant layer contains polytetrafluoroethylene and a resin as main... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6579626 | Layered composite with welded intermediate metal layer, gasket, gasket sheet, metal layer and method of manufacturing a layered composite A metal-reinforced layered composite includes at least one intermediate metal layer. The intermediate metal layer includes at least two at least partially overlapping metal foils which are joined to one another in an overlap region by at least one weld se... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6530577 | Gasket and gasket tape and method of making and using the same A gasket material for sealing between two members, The gasket material includes a flexible, woven skeletal member. Enclosing the skeletal member is a flexible, compressible resilient body member having a tacky outer surface, the tacky outer surface for en... | 03/11/2003 |
