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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7360769 | Sealing arrangement A sealing arrangement, for example between adjacent nozzle guide vane platform segments (2A, 2B) in a gas turbine engine, comprises a seal (12) which extends across a gap (13) between the platform segments (2A, 2B) and engag... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7175387 | Seal arrangement for reducing the seal gaps within a rotary flow machine A seal arrangement for reducing the seal gaps within a rotary flow machine, preferably an axial turbomachine, has rotor blades and guide vanes, which are respectively arranged in at least one rotor blade row and guide vane row and have respective blade/vane roots ( | 02/13/2007 |
| 7152864 | Seal assembly It is disclosed a seal assembly (5) which comprises a layered structure. It consists of a first layer (9, 12) of a base material, a second layer (10) of thermal insulating material on top of the base material and a third layer (11, 12) of... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7097177 | Metal laminate gasket A metal laminate gasket with a hole to be sealed includes a base metal plate having a first hole corresponding to the hole to be sealed, and a first steel plate laminated on one side of the base metal plate and having a second hole with a diameter greater than that ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097423 | Endface gap sealing for steam turbine diaphragm interstage packing seals and methods of retrofitting Spline seals are disposed in circumferentially registering slots of adjacent arcuate packing seal segments disposed in grooves on inner hooks of a steam turbine diaphragm assembly. The spline seals extend in a gap between the endfaces of the segments and minimize or... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7086653 | Transferable cammed gasket The transferrable EMI gasket assembly utilizes a carrier with a pair of arms, each attached to a back panel by a hinged connection and extending in the same direction to overlie one another. The conductive, deformable gasket material is attached to the carrier and p... | 08/08/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6997462 | Cylinder head gasket A cylinder head gasket is provided for an engine with low rigidity and a high maximum pressure. In the cylinder head gasket, it is possible to enhance the secondary sealing without greatly affecting the primary sealing. The cylinder head gasket is formed of a first ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6926284 | Sealing arrangements Sealing elements locate an annular seal plate in an annular recess. The sealing elements are each in the form of a ring or a segment of a ring comprising a channel-shaped cross-section, the mouth of which receives the seal plate. Each sealing element is thus interpo... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6916024 | Gasket In order to provide a gasket which can be repeatedly used over a temperature range in which a rubber gasket cannot be used, which does not have any risk of damaging a flange, and which can follow the change of the distance between flanges, a gasket is constructed in... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6869080 | Metal-to-metal sealing system A metal-to-metal sealing element for a wellhead assembly which includes at least first and second adjacent components and first and second generally annular sealing surfaces that are each formed on a corresponding one of the components. The sealing element comprises... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6802468 | Water-sealing component assembly Nut that screws together with pinion gear, and bearing that is arranged on the inner circumferential side of the nut, are provided on the front of a spinning-reel rotor. Pressing member is mounted on the front faces of the nut and bearing, such that it abuts on oute... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6773776 | Components having enhanced adhesion between parts A component having at least one support member with a first connecting portion and at least one part with a second connecting portion is formed by activating the second connecting portion by plasma treatment and then combining the first and second connecting portion... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6699540 | Materials of packing and packing made from the materials A packing material wherein one or a plurality of hard metal wire and one or a plurality of soft metal wire are tied up or twisted in a bundle to construct a weft material wherein the ratio of the number of the former to the number of the later is 1:1-0.3,... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6637751 | Supplemental seal for the chordal hinge seals in a gas turbine In a gas turbine having a chordal hinge seal between an inner rail of each nozzle segment and an annular axially facing sealing surface of a nozzle support ring, a supplemental seal is disposed between the support ring and inner band of the nozzle segment... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6637752 | Supplemental seal for the chordal hinge seal in a gas turbine In a gas turbine having a chordal hinge seal between an inner rail of each nozzle segment and an annular axially facing sealing surface of a nozzle support ring, a supplemental seal is disposed between the support ring and inner rail of the nozzle segment... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6561521 | Metal-to-metal seal with soft metal insert An annular metal-to-metal sealing system, for use in wellhead systems and having many other uses, has a metal member defining an annular internal or external sealing surface for which sealing is intended. An annular seal body composed of high strength met... | 05/13/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6517086 | Exhaust pipe gasket A spiral-wound gasket includes a plurality of tightly wound metal windings to form a core. The windings each have a Chervon cross-section, wherein V-notched undulations of each winding registers with an adjacent winding at said notches. The edges of the w... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6502825 | Pressure activated cloth seal A seal assembly includes a cloth seal for sealing a cavity between a first mating body and a second mating body, the seal dividing the cavity into a high pressure region and a low pressure region. The cloth seal has a shim assemblage and a cloth assemblag... | 01/07/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6462267 | EMI shielding gasket having a consolidated conductive sheathing An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding gasket. The gasket is formed as having a resilient core member of an indefinite length which is sheathed in an electrically conductive fiber mesh member. A thermoplastic member is incorporated within the fib... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6322087 | Metallic seal for low load conditions A sealing ring is provided that can be used at low load conditions. The sealing ring basically has an annular center section, a first annular end section and second annular end section. The center section has a first end, a second end and a curved bight p... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6302402 | Compliant high temperature seals for dissimilar materials A high temperature, gas-tight seal is formed by utilizing one or more compliant metallic toroidal ring sealing elements, where the applied pressure serves to activate the seal, thus improving the quality of the seal. The compliant nature of the sealing el... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6219906 | Method of forming a self-terminating, knitted, metalized yarn EMI/RFI shielding gasket A knitted metalized yarn gasket fashioned from a core, a first tubular layer formed from a hot melt yarn around the core, and a second tubular structure knitted from a conductive yarn and disposed over at least a portion of the first tubular layer and cor... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6201182 | Mounting system and method for mounting track having barbed rivets A mounting system includes a wall having at least one hole formed therein, and a track having at least one barb extending from a first surface of the track, the track having a second surface on an opposite side of the track from the first surface. The at ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6196179 | Internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine with an engine block, a cylinder head mounted onto the engine block, a cylinder head gasket disposed between the engine block and the cylinder head, a piston disposed in a cylinder formed in the engine block and a cylindri... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6180876 | Apparatus and method for RF shielding of a printed circuit board An apparatus and method for shielding discrete areas of a printed circuit board from electromagnetic interference includes a frame and separate shielding lids. The frame is surface mount soldered onto the solder tracks of a printed circuit board and provi... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6161842 | Metal gasket with different surface pressure portions A metal gasket is formed of first, second and third metal plates laminated together. The first metal plate has a first hole, and the second metal plate is situated above the first metal plate and has a second hole. The second hole is greater than the firs... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6073937 | Composite top plate for a fluid filter and an associated method for forming a composite top plate adapted for attachment to a fluid filter A composite top plate and methods for manufacturing same are described. The top plate includes a metal insert and a non-metallic member. The metal includes a central portion and a flange portion having cut outs to provide an intermittent surface. The non-... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5934687 | Gas-path leakage seal for a turbine A gas-path leakage seal for generally sealing a gas-path leakage-gap between spaced-apart first and second members of a turbine (such as combustor casing segments of a gas turbine). The seal includes a flexible and generally imperforate metal sheet assemb... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5902956 | EMI shielding gasket having a conductive sheating consolidated with a thermoplastic member An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding gasket. The gasket is formed as having a resilient core member of an indefinite length which is sheathed in an electrically conductive fiber mesh member. A thermoplastic member is incorporated within the fib... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5889229 | Self-terminating, knitted, metalized yarn EMI/RFI shielding gasket A knitted metalized yarn gasket fashioned from a core, a first tubular layer formed from a hot melt yarn around the core, and a second tubular structure knitted from a conductive yarn and disposed over at least a portion of the first tubular layer and cor... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5884917 | Thermal processing apparatus Annular groove portions are formed in each of facing surfaces of a sealing portion of a processing vessel that is kept in an atmosphere of a prescribed gas or an atmosphere at a reduced pressure, and a thin annular plate is arranged in such a manner that ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5868109 | Housing cover with compensating elements In a housing cover, particularly a valve cover for an internal combustion engine, having a seal surface extending around its circumference at one side thereof with a seal structure molded onto the seal surface, deformable projections are formed on the sid... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5862995 | High pressure fluid passage sealing for internal combustion engine fuel injectors and method of making same A fuel injector assembly for an internal combustion engine includes an injector body having a control valve in fluid communication with a source of fuel. A fuel nozzle assembly is employed to disperse fuel from the assembly. A high pressure fuel passage p... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5810047 | Sub-sea coupling with conical seal A sub-sea coupling comprises a female coupler which accommodates a conical metal seal and an adjacent striker constituted by a sliding ring. The female coupler also includes a U-section seal outwardly of the striker. A male coupler has a forward probe wit... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5804762 | EMI shielding gasket having shear surface attachments An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding gasket for mounting on a substrate having a surface. The gasket is formed of a resilient, elongate core member extending along a central longitudinal axis and having an outer circumferential surface defining... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5804316 | Baked packing for sealing shafts and valve stems A packing having a flexible core and a skin of expanded intercalated graphite with an adhesive layer, baked for a predetermined period at a predetermined temperature for reduced adhesive flowability while maintaining tack for holding the skin wrapped arou... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5799949 | Annular chamber seal Internal and external metal-to-metal radially interfering seals are provided for an annular chamber. Typically, an annular chamber is used in tubular goods to be part of the hydraulic control circuitry, such as for operating subsurface equipment such as a... | 09/01/1998 |
