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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7441525 | Cylinder head cover for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine A cover for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine having a connecting element for attachment the cylinder head and a sealing element arranged between the cylinder head cover and the cylinder head. The connecting element is associated with a connecting are... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7302961 | Surge relief valve A surge relief valve comprising a main valve body having a dome port and an inlet port. The inlet port is in fluid communication with a first fluid. The invention further includes a dome reservoir connected to the main valve body via the dome port and arranged to ho... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281508 | Cylinder head cover assembly for the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and process for producing a cylinder head cover assembly A rocker cover assembly for a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine includes a rock cover, a gasket element and a stabilizing core. The gasket element is disposed between the rocker cover and the cylinder head, and includes a sealing material. The stabilizi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7175183 | Arrangement for the gas-tight fixing of an inlet manifold with a connector flange to the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine Arrangement for the gas-tight fixing of an inlet manifold (1) with a connector flange to the cylinder head (2) of an internal combustion engine, with a sealing plate (3), arranged between the connector flange of the inlet manifold (1) and... | 02/13/2007 |
| 6994354 | Vibrationally decoupling gasket A gasket includes a fist sealing portion, a second sealing portion, and an elastic arm sealingly connecting between the two. The first sealing portion sealingly engages a first member and the second sealing portion sealingly engages a second member. The elastic arm ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6808045 | Secondary acoustic attenuator for vehicle An acoustic barrier systems that reduces the amount of noise entering the passenger compartment of a vehicle includes a secondary acoustic attenuator that extends from a primary acoustic barrier to a vehicle component case to envelop space around a conduit passing f... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6715745 | Liquid-sealed mount A liquid-sealed mount capable of obtaining excellent damping performance is provided. For this purpose, the mount includes an elastic body (16), a stud (13) penetrating through the elastic body, a case (51), which is in a cylindrical shape with ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6659470 | Oil seal of hydraulic shock absorber In an oil seal of a hydraulic shock absorber, the oil seal is made of a nitrile rubber of a low nitrile, and an inner diameter of a second lip is set to be smaller within a range between 0.3 and 1.0 mm $c; than an outer diameter of a piston rod.... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6558041 | Damper assembly for a rotating shaft and methods for dampening shaft vibrations The damper assembly includes a centering spring about a bearing for a rotating shaft. The centering spring is fixed to and spaced from a fixed component. One or more annular arrays of brush bristles project from the fixed component and have tips in engage... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6328312 | Shaft seal assembly Shaft seal for sealing between a shaft (2) and a machine housing (3). A seal and bearing casing (10) surrounds the shaft (2) to be sealed off and contains a rolling-contact bearing device (11) and a row of lip seals (13), the sealing lips of which engage ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6250643 | Damper plate and method for producing thereof There are disclosed a damper plate for a rotary machine and a method for producing thereof which makes it possible to produce a honeycomb-type damper plate with accurate dimensions and reasonable cost. In the method for producing a damper plate for sealin... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6149163 | Ring seal assembly The sealing ring seals between relatively rotating and vibrating machine parts such as parts of an aircraft propeller, and has several sealing lands. The shape and configuration of the lands are selected so that natural vibration frequencies of the ring o... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5839881 | Ceiling fan having a shock absorbing member A ceiling fan housing includes a cylindrical member having an upper and outer peripheral flange and a cover having a lower and outer peripheral flange. A disc includes an upper and a lower surfaces each having a peripheral groove for engaging with the per... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5707064 | Modulated pressure damper seal A damper seal (310) and method of sealing and damping a rotating shaft (312) are disclosed. The damper seal (310) includes a stator housing (314), a plurality of cavities (C1, C2, C3, C4), a first sealing blade ... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5657998 | Gas-path leakage seal for a gas turbine A gas-path leakage seal for generally sealing a gas-path leakage-gap between spaced-apart first and second members of a gas turbine (such as first and second segments of a gas turbine combustor casing). The seal includes a generally imperforate foil-layer... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5630575 | Elastic mount assembly An elastic seal member includes a watertight seal around the outside of a rubber cushion between the inner and outer cylinder portions and a cover member for covering the outer face of the elastic seal member with a space therebetween so that the elastic ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5622438 | Fire resistant bearing compartment cover A fire resistant bearing compartment cover (86) for a gas turbine engine features a fluid tight outer wall (106) comprised of an axially extending, radially converging support shell (90) and an axially extending piston ring carrier (92) joined to the supp... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5540447 | Pressure damper diverging labyrinth seals with circumferential partitions, and method of sealing A damper seal (10) and method of sealing and damping a rotating shaft (12) is provided with a stator housing (14) and at least two sealing blades, an upstream sealing blade (16) and a downstream sealing blade (18). There are at least two partitioning wall... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5536021 | Damper seal A damper seal for providing a seal between a housing and a tube extending through the damper seal. The damper seal includes a body portion having an exterior surface and opposing first and second ends, the body portion defining a longitudinal axis. An int... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5524908 | Multi-layer EMI/RFI gasket shield An multi-layered EMI gasket has a first layer constructed of an electrically conductive resilient material and a second, support layer of an electrically conductive material secured in facing engagement with the first layer. The material of the second lay... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5516123 | U-shaped sealing member for sealing a valve cover having an impact absorber A seal is in the form of a continuous annular strip (3) of elastic material. The seal is intended for insertion between a housing (1) and a lid or cover (2). The surfaces of the sealing strip facing the housing and lid are provided with thicker areas in t... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5462410 | Damper and seal for propeller quill shaft Damping and sealing of the quill shaft (30) that transmits torque from one rotating component to another as for example in a pitch change actuator system for aeronautical propellers is provided by an O-ring (40) mounted in the space between the end of bal... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5456161 | Compact fluid operated cylinder and method A compact high pressure fluid operated cylinder and method for making same is illustrated wherein an end cap is held within the cylinder by a snap ring (E) carried within a groove at the end of the cylinder to prevent axial dislodgement outwardly from the... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5454573 | Damper The present invention is a damper seal which is used in sealing a tube, such as a fuel nozzle, into a housing, such as a fuel canister. The damper seal provides increased sealing capabilities as the pressure inside the housing increases and further dampen... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5447594 | Rubberized cloth vibration and noise-damping spacer for vehicle brakes and method for making the same A gasket for use in an aggressive environment, e.g. as a vibration; and noise; damping spacer in vehicle brakes, has a body made of fiber cloth, at least one side of which is coated with a rubber layer penetrating into the cloth. The gasket is made by app... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5438906 | Unitized shock absorbing pad with looped fiber ring A shock absorbing pad system for a missile in a launch tube comprising a plurality of pads having inner and outer arcuate sheets separated by chevron shaped struts disposed in a circular array and having the inner arcuate sheets joined together by a circu... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5400952 | Method and apparatus for damping a brush seal There is provided by the present invention method and apparatus for damping vibrations or other unwanted motions of a brush seal, the apparatus including a damper having a plurality of individual plates that are bonded directly to the inlet rows of bristl... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5389746 | Submarine hull structures providing acoustically isolated hull openings An acoustic isolation structure providing an acoustically isolated opening nd comprising coaxial inner and outer annular structural members defining an irregular annulus between them. Acoustical isolation material is provided within this annulus to acousti... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5332361 | Shaft seal arrangement for water pump A water pump, especially for the cooling system of a combustion engine of a car, has a housing with a space for a fluid. This space contains a pump device. The pump device is mounted on a shaft which projects form the housing. The shaft rotates while bein... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5256223 | Fiber enhancement of viscoelastic damping polymers A Viscoelastic medium with fibers dispersed throughout eliminates the need for a constraining layer, thus reducing the size and weight of a damping treatment.... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5236394 | External convoluted high speed constant velocity joint boot A boot for a high speed constant velocity universal joint having an articulation accommodating portion attached to the outer joint member of the universal joint and a contiguous linear displacement accommodating portion having its end connected to the inn... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5197807 | Squeeze film damper seal ring A piston ring type seal for squeeze film dampers comprises a hollow oil filled ring structure with transverse inlet and exit orifices to control the flow of squeeze film oil past the ring.... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5191811 | Damper device for a motor A damper device for a motor having a boss section attached to a rotary shaft of the motor, a mass inertia section rotatably supported by the boss section such that it surrounds the outer periphery of the boss section with a gap left therebetween, a magnet... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5178400 | Squeeze film damper seal An improved shaft damper bearing utilizing spaced apart piston ring seals to seal off an annular squeeze film space between the rings, includes diagonal surface cross-section ring grooves in the bearing housing with diagonal cross-section rings in the hou... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5114159 | Brush seal and damper Brush seals 30 are secured to segmented vane platforms 20. Inwardly extending bristles 42 seal against rotor 10. Outwardly extending bristles 46 seal against the vane platform 20, and also act as vibration dampers.... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5104131 | Arrangement for sealing a reciprocating rod In the case of conventional seal arrangements comprising a sealing ring (5) consisting of a tough-elastic plastic material and a rubber-elastic stressing ring (6), where one edge (53) of the sealing ring (5) is in contact with the circumference of a rod (... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4961480 | Pin guiding and/or damping sleeve for floating-caliper spot-type disc brakes The present invention relates to a pin guiding and/or damping element for floating-caliper spot-type disc brakes, the brake comprising a brake carrier (8) as well as a brake housing (10) which is axially slideable thereto and which straddles a brake disc ... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4942907 | Intake manifold An intake manifold wherein separately produced sections of metallic or plastic material have neighboring surfaces defining a chamber which is adjacent the cavity of the manifold and is filled with a vulcanized elastomeric material which is bonded to the n... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4940113 | Method of acoustically insulating a toilet bowl Toilet bowls made of porcelain are conventionally disposed directly on the floor and/or attached thereto through rigid connections. When the toilet is used, acoustic vibratons are therefore transmitted from the bowl to the floor and spread all over the dw... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4901681 | Motion isolated engine manifold An intake manifold assembly for a V-type engine utilizes separate flange members that are resiliently connected to a manifold body through adherently secured resilient vibration absorbing isolators. The flanges and isolators combine with the body to defin... | 02/20/1990 |
