Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
277404000 | Made of particular material | 20 |
20090085302 | Sealing Device - A sealing device ( | 04-02-2009 |
20100052263 | ELECTROPLATED RESILIENT SEAL - A seal includes a resilient material and a metallic material electroplated to the resilient material and a method for making an extrusion resistant seal including electroplating a resilient seal material. | 03-04-2010 |
20100072711 | EXPANDABLE METAL-TO-METAL SEAL - A seal including a seal body having a bridge, a leg extending from the bridge, a gauge ring in operable communication the seal body to cause axial compression thereof, thereby causing the bridge diameter to change, and a seal interface disposed at the seal body. The seal interface including a relatively harder material and a relatively softer material positioned so that the relatively harder material is disposed between the seal body and the relatively softer material. A method for making a seal. A method for sealing an annular geometry. A seal interface. | 03-25-2010 |
20110121518 | SILICON CARBIDE MECHANICAL SEAL - A SIC mechanical seal including a main body made of SIC materials. The main body includes a fixing portion and a pushed surface. The seal also includes a retainer including a shaft coupling seat, a push ring and an elastic part; of which the push ring is made of SIC material, and provided with a ring surface that's riveted to the pushed surface of the main body. The seal also includes at least an area of lower friction, set globally or locally onto either the pushed surface of the main body or the ring surface of the push ring. The friction of this area is less than that of the main body and the push ring. The area of lower friction is of a composite layer which is made of a mixture of SIC and carbon materials, or composed of multiple dents arranged at interval. | 05-26-2011 |
20110248451 | WEAR-RESISTANT COATING - A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first seal member having a first surface, a second seal member having a second surface, with the second surface configured to generally abut at least a part of the first surface. At least a portion of at least one of the first surface and the second surface includes a coating that includes about 30 to about 80 weight percent of a hard carbide material, and about 20 to about 70 weight percent of lubricating material incorporated with the hard carbide material. The coating defines overlapping lenticular particles. | 10-13-2011 |
20120043727 | Shaft seal for a turbomachine - A shaft seal for a turbomachine is provided for sealing process side of the turbomachine against the atmosphere. The shaft seal includes a process gas seal which is acted upon by a process gas and be blocked on the process side, an atmosphere seal which is acted upon by air and be blocked on the atmosphere side, and a ventilation chamber extending around the shaft of the turbomachine. The ventilation chamber is arranged between the process gas seal and the atmosphere seal for collecting and discharging a process gas leakage that has passed through the process gas seal and an air leakage that has passed through the atmosphere seal. The ventilation chamber includes a radially inner leakage inlet, a radially outward leakage outlet and built in components that are dimensioned to as to provide a flame blocking function with regard to ignition of the leakage at the leakage inlet. | 02-23-2012 |
20120205874 | WEAR-RESISTANT COATING - A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first seal member having a first surface, a second seal member having a second surface, with the second surface configured to generally abut at least a part of the first surface. At least a portion of at least one of the first surface and the second surface includes a coating that includes about 30 to about 80 weight percent of a hard carbide material, and about 20 to about 70 weight percent of lubricating material incorporated with the hard carbide material. The coating defines overlapping lenticular particles. | 08-16-2012 |
20120242046 | Slide Ring Seal Arrangement for High Circumferential Velocities - A slide ring seal for high circumferential velocities for sealing liquids with little or no electrical conductivity, such as low-salt feed water for feed water pumps including a pair of slide rings, one of which is rotationally fixed and the other of which rotates with a rotating component. The slide rings have interacting sliding surfaces which form a region loaded with the liquid to be sealed relative to a sealing gap. One ring is formed of material with satisfactory electrical conductivity and the other of low conductivity material. The seal is arranged in a dead-end circuit of a rotating component to be sealed and is connected to a cooling system. A metering device is provided in the circuit for introducing a substance as a function of a slide ring seal leak to maintain the electrical conductivity of the liquid between 3 and 500 μS/cm. | 09-27-2012 |
277405000 | Ceramic | 7 |
20100213674 | Air Riding Seal - An improved air-riding seal system for turbine engines is presented. The seal system includes a movable primary seal assembly, a stationary secondary seal assembly, and at least one structure to increase the stiffness of a thin film between the primary seal and a rotating component. The primary seal assembly includes an annular seal ring and an arcuate support arm. The annular seal ring has a cross section that is substantially L-shaped and a surface with a step face and a circumferential dam. The arcuate support arm has a tooth at one end adjacent to an outermost circumferential surface along the seal runner, which could include an optional notch. The tooth and outermost circumferential surface are separated by a gap. The secondary seal ring is disposed between and contacts the primary seal assembly and housing structure so as to form a bore seal and a face seal therewith. A plurality of hydrodynamic pockets disposed along the circumferential dam and/or a plurality of radial dams disposed along the surface in an outward radial arrangement from the circumferential dam are provided to improve the stiffness of the thin film. Features of the invention allow for higher operating speeds. | 08-26-2010 |
20100327537 | HERMETIC SEALING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a system including a motor comprising a rotor, a stator and a sealing assembly having at least one joint and a monolithic ceramic separator. Each joint of the sealing assembly is a chemical bond joint, and the monolithic ceramic separator is disposed in a gap between the rotor and the stator of the motor such that the sealing assembly hermetically isolates the rotor and the stator. | 12-30-2010 |
20120274029 | MECHANICAL SEAL WITH TEXTURED SIDEWALL - The present invention discloses a mating ring, a primary ring, and associated mechanical seal having superior heat transfer and wear characteristics. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, one or more dimples are formed onto the cylindrical outer surface of a mating ring sidewall and/or a primary ring sidewall. A stationary mating ring for a mechanical seal assembly is disclosed. Such a mating ring comprises an annular body having a central axis and a sealing face, wherein a plurality of dimples are formed into the outer circumferential surface of the annular body such that the exposed circumferential surface area of the annular body is increased. The texture added to the sidewall of the mating ring yields superior heat transfer and wear characteristics. | 11-01-2012 |
20140265145 | SEALS FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A seal assembly for use in a gas turbine engine includes a first component, a second component, and a sealing unit. The first component is spaced apart from the second component to form a gap therebetween. The sealing unit is positioned in the gap between the first and second components to block liquids and/or gasses from traveling through the gap. | 09-18-2014 |
20140319776 | SEAL RING OF A MECHANICAL SEAL ASSEMBLY HAVING PROPERTIES EXTENDING THE RUNNING TIME, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention refers to a seal ring for a mechanical seal, comprising a base body ( | 10-30-2014 |
20160053895 | MECHANICAL SEAL ARRANGEMENT HAVING SLIDING SURFACES OF DIFFERENT HARDNESS - The invention relates to a mechanical seal arrangement comprising: a rotating slide ring ( | 02-25-2016 |
20160122682 | POLYMER SLIDING MATERIAL WITH DRY-RUN CAPABILITY AND SLIDE RING SEAL WITH DRY-RUN CAPABILITY - The invention relates to a polymer sliding material, capable of running dry and comprising a polymer matrix material and fillers, wherein the fillers comprise reinforcing particles, hard material particles and lubricant particles. | 05-05-2016 |
277406000 | Metal | 3 |
20090045586 | Method For Producing Rotary and/or Stationary Seal Rings of a Mechanical Face Seal by Means of Laser Hardening - Process for producing sliding and/or mating rings which can be used for a sliding-ring seal, by manufacturing sliding and/or mating rings by casting from a grey cast iron material with a high thermal conductivity, by machining at least in the subsequent sealing zone and finally by laser-hardening the surface of the respective sealing zone. It is preferable to use a grey iron having the composition (%) C: 3.4-3.9, Si: 2.2-3.2, Mn: 0.5-1, Cr: 0.1-0.4, V: max, 0.15, Cu: 0.1-0.7, P: 0.3-0.6, S: max. 0.13, remainder Fe and inevitable impurities. | 02-19-2009 |
20130033007 | High Temperature Seal - The invention relates to a high-temperature seal ( | 02-07-2013 |
20160076122 | Alloy for Seal Ring, Seal Ring, and Method of Making Seal Ring for Seal Assembly of Machine - A seal ring for a seal assembly includes a body and a seal flange. The body is generally cylindrical and extends along a longitudinal axis between a load end and a seal end. The seal flange is disposed at the seal end of the cylindrical body. The seal flange circumscribes the body and projects radially from the body to a distal perimeter of the seal flange. The seal flange includes a sealing face which is annular and disposed adjacent the distal perimeter. The seal ring is made from an alloy that includes between 8 percent and 13 percent by weight of iron, between 2 percent and 3 percent by weight of silicon, between 13 percent and 14 percent by weight of chromium, and at least 65 percent by weight of nickel. | 03-17-2016 |
277407000 | Elastomeric or plastic | 2 |
20150042044 | SEALING ASSEMBLY - A sealing assembly includes a seal support having a support ring made from an elastomeric material, at least one seal element having a ring made from a polymer material, and an abutment ring against which a radial portion of the seal element axially abuts. The seal element is connected in a materially-bonded manner to the support ring along a first radially outer portion of the seal element, and the seal element axially abuts on the abutment ring along a second radially inner portion of the seal element. The seal element and the abutment ring are free of any connection along the second radially inner portion of the seal element. | 02-12-2015 |
20150300496 | SHAFT SEAL DEVICE, SEAL MEMBER AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATION DEVICE - Provided is a shaft seal device provided with a seal member which possesses excellent liquid tightness, small friction resistance and high wear resistance. In a shaft seal device which is arranged around the periphery of a shaft which is supported in a rotatable manner or in a reciprocating manner, and is provided with a seal member for securing liquid tightness around the shaft, the seal member is formed of a porous body formed by using a hydrophilic polymer resin in which chains are cross-linked. The shaft seal device is also characterized in that: the shaft is a shaft which extends between a liquid phase region and a gas phase region; the seal member is a seal member which suppresses a leakage of a liquid to the gas phase region from the liquid phase region; and an aqueous lubricant which is prepared by adding a water soluble thickening agent is impregnated into the seal member. | 10-22-2015 |