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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7631880 | Seal for a cable entry, pipe penetration or the like The present invention concerns a seal for a cable entry, pipe penetration or the like formed of two halves. The seal is to be received in a sleeve or the like and forms a central opening for a cable (7), pipe or the like when the seal halves are brought toget... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7421842 | Turbine spring clip seal An improved turbine spring clip seal for directing gases to be mixed with fuel in a combustor basket. The turbine spring clip seal may include an inner housing and an outer housing. The inner housing or the outer housing, or both, may be shortened relative to conven... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7334800 | Seal for a gas turbine engine having improved flexibility A seal extending between adjacent slots of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The seal comprises a plurality of generally planar members fixed together along a central axis. The outer member further comprises rounded ends that encompass the second and plurality of t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7315336 | Stress seal for touchscreen systems A touchscreen system is provided that incorporates a simplified sealing system around the bezel. The touchscreen system includes a planar touchscreen coupled to a display device having a planar display surface, the touchscreen having a touch sensitive region on a to... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7308889 | High pressure gaseous fuel supply system for an internal combustion engine and a method of sealing connections between components to prevent leakage of a high pressure gaseous fuel A high-pressure fuel system supplies gaseous fuel to an internal combustion engine. Gaseous fuel pressure within the system is at least 17 MPa during normal operation. The system comprises a number of components and conduits and at least one resilient member for sea... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7294427 | Manifold gasket accommodating differential movement of fuel cell stack A gasket for use in a fuel cell system having at least one externally manifolded fuel cell stack, for sealing the manifold edge and the stack face. In accordance with the present invention, the gasket accommodates differential movement between the stack and manifold... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288727 | Shield frame for a radio frequency shielding assembly A shield frame (800) is provided that allows for narrow width tracks to be used in a radio frequency (RF) shielding apparatus (900). The shield frame (800) is formed of a sheet metal frame (700) overmolded with a conductive elastomer (... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284758 | Textured seal for reduced wear The present invention relates to seals having textured features. The present invention particularly relates to seals having contact surfaces with said features wherein the contact surface seals properly and is resistant to wear. The contact surface is able to perfor... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7262369 | Combined board level EMI shielding and thermal management According to various aspects of the present disclosure, exemplary embodiments are provided of EMI shielding apparatus capable of providing board level EMI shielding for one or more electronic components while also providing dissipation of heat generated by the one o... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7252902 | High-temperature resistant seal The invention relates to a high-temperature resistant seal, particularly a seal for use in a high-temperature fuel cell. The inventive seal comprises a structured metallic layer having at least one area on whose surface a filler is placed. The filler is comprised, i... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240905 | Method and apparatus for sealing a joint gap between two independently movable structural substrates A system for sealing a joint gap between structural substrate panels such as walls, ceiling and floors making use of a sealing member including a mounting section fixedly secured to one of the surfaces and a covering member extending outwardly therefrom into contact... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7222406 | Methods for making a multi-layer seal for electrochemical devices Multi-layer seals are provided that find advantageous use for reducing leakage of gases between adjacent components of electrochemical devices. Multi-layer seals of the invention include a gasket body defining first and second opposing surfaces and a compliant inter... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7140840 | Turboshaft engine comprising two elements connected to each other with the interposition of a seal A turboshaft engine, such as for example a turbine, including a segmented seal between two longitudinally adjacent elements such as, for example, a casing and a ring of sectors of vanes. According to one embodiment, a seal is interposed between a casing and a ring o... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134287 | Turbine combustor endcover assembly The endcover assembly for a combustor includes an endcover having an aperture, an insert disposed in the stepped bore opening through an internal face of the endcover, a fuel cartridge extending through the insert and aperture and a seal cover on the external face o... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128145 | High expansion sealing device with leak path closures A high expansion packer or bridge plug is described. It features an external portion of a soft material that flows into spiral exterior leak paths formed when the sealing element is subjected to longitudinal compression. Preferably, the sealing element is an elastom... | 10/31/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7115317 | Flexible non-metallic seals made of non-woven fabric with inserts A seal has a non-woven fabric folded along lines transverse to the opposite side of the seal and secured by adhesive to fabric strips. The non-woven fabric forms elongated cells with a plurality of the cells receiving inserts to increase seal stiffness. By securing ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109976 | Display screen seal The present invention provides a display screen seal made of a rigid or semi-rigid material that includes a base having first and second surfaces, and a wall portion extending from the second surface. The base is configured to mount to the screen and be positioned b... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7093837 | Turbine spring clip seal An improved turbine spring clip seal for directing gases to be mixed with fuel in a combustor basket. The turbine spring clip seal is composed of inner and outer housings and a center sealing member disposed between the inner and outer housings. The center sealing m... | 08/22/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7048278 | Compound sheet gasket A compound sheet gasket which exhibits superior sealing durability to fretting is provided. The compound sheet gasket is mounted between a housing and a cover provided at an opening of the housing, and the friction coefficient of any one surface of a front surface a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7007955 | Dryer seal A dryer seal. The seal is formed from an elongate multi-layer structure having a strip of fibrous material folded upon itself to establish a folded perimeter edge and a pair of outwardly projecting portions projecting away from the folded perimeter edge. A fibrous i... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6991237 | Paintable seal system A system for sealing a plurality of panels including a multiplayer seal having a barrier portion and an adhesion portion. ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6968615 | High temperature metallic seal A metallic seal includes a cold formed substrate layer and one or more additional layers. At least one of the layers offers improved resistance to high temperature stress relaxation. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6957486 | Device and process for the production of gasket layers In order to provide a device for the production of gasket layers for single or multiple layered gaskets from one respective gasket layer section of a starting material comprising several continuous gasket layer sections, comprising a follow-on combination tool with ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6942223 | Dual layer roll boot A molded boot having an inner layer and an outer layer made from different elastomeric material. Each layer is compatible with the fluid environment to which it is exposed. The dual layer boot provides longer service life with less degradation caused by chemical and... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6883806 | Notched blade seal for high performance aircraft A notched blade seal for covering a gap between a wing and a wing flap of a high performance aircraft includes a bottom seal strip of a flexible, resilient material having a plurality of spaced-apart notches defining a plurality of finger portions, and a top seal st... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6869657 | Gasket material A material for a gasket used in a vehicular engine comprising a steel plate, a coating film which is formed on one or both sides of said steel plate, and a rubber layer formed on said coating film, wherein the coating film comprises an acid, water-dispersible silica... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6833621 | Metal gasket for a semiconductor fabrication chamber A metal gasket for a semiconductor fabrication chamber capable of preventing base plate metal contamination in the chamber, wherein the metal gasket includes a diffusion barrier layer interposed between a base plate and an anti-corrosive coating layer, and wherein t... | 12/21/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6755422 | Low permeation sealing member The present invention involves a low permeation sealing member for reducing permeation of hydrocarbons from a vessel. The low permeation sealing member comprises an elongated body having a contact surface and a low permeation barrier layer attached along the contact... | 06/29/2004 |
| 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 |
