Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
277502000 | For valve stem in internal combustion engine | 9 |
20090146382 | Valve Stem Seal With Gas Relief Features - A valve stem seal can include an elastomeric component having a first portion for having a sealed engagement with a valve stem, a second portion for engaging a valve guide, and a pressure relief lip extending from the second portion. The first portion can be configured to extend away from or within the second portion, and the second portion can have a channel formed therein. The pressure relief lip can have a sealing configuration and a venting configuration. The venting configuration can allow excess exhaust gases to vent from a combustion chamber. After the venting of excess exhaust gases, the pressure relief lip can close to the sealing configuration to prevent oil from entering the combustion chamber. | 06-11-2009 |
20090256315 | SEALING DEVICE - To provide a sealing device in which a spring retainer portion integrally provided on a metal ring is neither worn away nor damaged, whereby it is made possible to achieve an easy production and a cost reduction, a sealing device is constructed by a cylindrical metal ring, a seal lip provided on one end of the metal ring and made of a rubber-like elastic material, a spring retainer portion provided on the other end of the metal ring, and a spring seated on the spring retainer portion, and the spring retainer portion is provided with an engaging means for preventing a rotating motion of the spring. | 10-15-2009 |
20100084821 | Gasket For A Valve In An Internal Combustion Engine - A gasket for a valve in an internal combustion engine is provided with a support element having a tubular configuration according to an axis and coaxially mounted on the valve. An elastically deformable element is interposed between the support element and the valve. The support element includes a first portion elongated according to the above mentioned axis, and a second portion extending from the first portion in a direction transversal to the axis, at least partially housed in an annular seat of the elastically deformable element and having its radially outermost end connected to the first portion itself. The support element comprises a third portion extending from the radially innermost end of the second portion and folded on the second portion itself so as to generate, in the folding area, a rounded edge cooperating with the annular seat of the elastically deformable element. | 04-08-2010 |
20100295252 | Two-Piece Valve Stem Seal - A valve stem seal utilizes a multi-piece construction to reduce the required manufactured tolerances and/or improve the stress handling capabilities. The valve stem seal can include a first member or can which can be assembled to a second member or spring seat. The can and/or spring seat can have a plurality of axially extending resilient fingers that are biased such that when assembled the fingers are bent against the bias due to the engagement between the can and the spring seat. The fingers on the spring seat allow the spring seat to bend or move relative to the can to accommodate the loading of a valve spring on the spring seat. The use of resilient fingers on the can and/or the spring seat reduces the manufacturing tolerances required for the valve stem seal. | 11-25-2010 |
20120267861 | Valve Stem Seal With Gas Relief Features - A valve stem seal can include an elastomeric component having a first portion for having a sealed engagement with a valve stem, and a pressure relief lip engaging a valve guide. The pressure relief lip can have a sealing configuration and a venting configuration. The venting configuration can allow excess exhaust gases to vent from a combustion chamber. After the venting of excess exhaust gases, the pressure relief lip can close to the sealing configuration to prevent oil from entering the combustion chamber. The elastomeric body or the valve guide can include a pressure relief channel. The elastomeric body can also include a bumper engaging the valve guide. The pressure relief channel can be disposed in the bumper. | 10-25-2012 |
20130015625 | ECCENTRICITY TOLERANT VALVE STEM SEAL ASSEMBLYAANM Hegemier; Timothy A.AACI AvillaAAST INAACO USAAGP Hegemier; Timothy A. Avilla IN USAANM Lehmann; Robert W.AACI Fort WayneAAST INAACO USAAGP Lehmann; Robert W. Fort Wayne IN USAANM Williamson; Alexander S.AACI Fort WayneAAST INAACO USAAGP Williamson; Alexander S. Fort Wayne IN US - An eccentricity tolerant valve stem seal assembly includes an elastomeric seal having an upper metal retainer extending down and within an upper seal portion which has an inwardly directed sealing lip for contacting a valve stem. There are also a flexible middle and a lower seal portions. The lower seal portion is connected to a lower metal seal retainer that is disposed up to a lower edge of the middle seal portion. The flexible middle seal portion allows the upper seal portion to flex from an eccentric valve stem without losing the sealing function of the sealing lip. In cooperation with the above described structure, a separate cover may be in a tight tolerance fit with the lower seal retainer over top of the eccentricity tolerant valve stem seal, in order to limit axial displacement of the upper portion of the seal due to high manifold pressure. | 01-17-2013 |
20130200574 | HYBRID VALVE STEM SEAL RETAINER ASSEMBLY - A valve stem seal assembly has a metal retainer, an elastomeric seal, and a metal valve guide. The metal retainer and the elastomeric seal are attached to each other, and the elastomeric seal is in sealable contact with the metal valve guide, while the metal retainer is in metal-to-metal gripping contact with the metal valve guide. A stop may be formed in the metal retainer that cooperates with a shoulder formed in the metal valve guide in order to prevent over-installation of the assembly of the elastomeric seal with attached metal retainer, when this assembly is installed over the metal valve guide. | 08-08-2013 |
20150322828 | HIGHLY THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE VALVE SEAT RING - The invention relates to a powdermetallurgically produced valve seat ring having a carrier layer and a function layer. It is the objective of the invention to provide a valve seat ring of the kind mentioned above that offers significantly higher thermal conductivity properties. To achieve this objective and based on a valve seat ring of the kind first mentioned above the invention proposes that the carrier material of the carrier layer has a thermal conductivity higher than 55 W/m*K at a total copper content ranging between >25 and 40% w/w. | 11-12-2015 |
20150369090 | HIGHLY WEAR-RESISTANT VALVE SEAT FOR USE IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A highly wear-resistant valve seat insert is provided. When an iron-based powder, a hard-particle powder, and a graphite powder are mixed to obtain a mixed powder, for formation of a layer on a valve-contacting face side, the hard-particle powder having an average particle size 15-50 μm, and the iron-based powder having an average particle size 15-50 μm are blended so a matrix part composition after sintering is a composition containing C: 0.3 to 2.0% by mass, one or more kinds selected from Co, Si, Ni, Mo, Cr, Mn, S, W, and V at 70% by mass or less in total, the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities and a matrix part structure after sintering is a structure which contains hard-particles at from 10 to 65% by mass with respect to a total amount of a layer on a valve-contacting face side and disperses the hard-particles at 1000 particles/mm | 12-24-2015 |