| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 277551000 | Having installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature | 21 |
| 20080230999 | SEAL INSTALLATION TOOL AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A seal installation tool assembly and method of using same to install a front seal within a front cover member of an engine. The seal installation tool assembly includes a seal installation sleeve, a threaded fastener, and a washer member. The seal installation sleeve is adapted to receive a front seal and pilots on a drive portion of a crankshaft within the engine. The threaded fastener operates to draw the front seal within the front cover member. Upon contact between the front cover member and the seal installation sleeve, the front seal is properly installed. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080265521 | Combination seal - A combination seal is attached to a bearing comprising a fixed element and a rotating element which rotate relative to each other, so as to seal an inner side and an outer side of the bearing. The combination seal is comprised of a seal ring and a slinger. The seal ring is comprised of a reinforcing ring and an elastic seal supported by the reinforcing ring. A leading end side of the elastic seal, supported by the reinforcing ring extending toward the slinger, is brought into contact with a surface of the slinger, which is opposite to the seal ring, when the combination seal is attached to the bearing. During a combining work process, when combining the seal ring and the slinger to form the combination seal, a seal lip does not turn over and the seal lip can be held toward a predetermined direction without using a specific jig during the combining work process and without being particularly careful during performance of the combining work process. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080284110 | Prelubricated Multi-Lipped Radial Shaft Seal With Large Radial Offset Accommodation - A radial shaft seal is provided for accommodating large radial offset of the shaft relative to a housing. The seal includes an annular retainer insert provided for engaging the seal to a fixed housing. An annular elastomeric seal body is molded to the retainer insert and includes a flexible axially extending portion extending from an inner surface of the retainer insert. A seal portion extends from a radially inward end of the flexible portion and includes first and second seal lips and an elastomeric bearing surface disposed between the first and second sealing lips. The bearing surface includes a plurality of raised pads adapted to engage the shaft. The pads each include a rounded edge on lateral sides thereof for encouraging the creation of a lubricating film between the pads and shaft. The pads are lubricated by a lubricant disposed in a lubricant chamber disposed between the first and second seal lips. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090174151 | Sealing Device - A sealing device comprises a stationary-side installation ring ( | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090189357 | SHAFT SEAL HAVING INTEGRATED REMOVAL FEATURE - A dynamic shaft seal assembly has inner and outer cases that are clamped together to secure a seal element therebetween for dynamic sealing about a rotatable shaft. The inner case is formed with integral pull tabs that are engageable by a seal removal tool to facilitate the removal of the seal assembly from a bore in which the seal assembly is installed. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090322038 | Sealing device | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100052267 | SEAL ASSEMBLY - A sealing assembly for a shaft includes a sealing component, a first ring, a second ring, and at least one energizer. The first ring is annularly disposed about the shaft, the first ring having at least one first protuberance interfittable with the sealing component. The second ring is annularly disposed about the shaft in facing opposition to the first ring, the second ring having at least one second protuberance interfittable with the sealing component. The at least one energizer energizes the seal component, the at least one energizer being adjacent the at least one first protuberance or the at least one second protuberance. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110037233 | SEALING ASSEMBLY - A sealing assembly ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110278800 | SEALING DEVICE - A sealing device includes a stationary side installation ring fixed to a stationary side member, a rotation side installation ring fixed to a rotation side member, a stationary side lip integrally provided on the stationary side installation ring and slidably contacting the rotation side installation ring, rotation side lips integrally formed on the rotation side installation ring and slidably contacting the stationary side installation ring, and a pulsar ring for a rotary encoder integrally formed on the rotation side installation ring, and magnetized to be multipolar. The rotation side installation ring includes first and second rotation side installation rings which are attached to each other. The rotation side lips are provided on the first rotation side installation ring at a relatively inner side. The pulsar ring is provided on the second rotation side installation ring at a relatively outer side. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20120161402 | SEALING UNIT FOR ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARINGS - Sealing unit adapted to be coupled to a rolling-element bearing to seal off the annular space between an inner ring and an outer ring of the bearing, the sealing unit having a stiffening core, and an elastomeric annular element that is rigidly secured to the stiffening core and provided with a sealing lip and a root portion, which is positioned radially on the opposite side of the sealing lip, and which can be snap-fitted into a groove of the outer ring in order to abut the root portion on a front wall of the groove with the core facing toward the outside of bearing. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120228834 | Mounting Guard Ring - A mounting guard ring for a sealing ring with at least one sealing lip, surrounding a sleeve-shaped protective ring with a supporting surface for the sealing lip disposed at the outer periphery and a holding device shaped as a grip, the protective ring being provided in at least one peripheral region with a first predetermined breaking site and being capable of being severed along the first predetermined breaking site by pulling on the holding device, the protective ring being closed off in sealing manner by a disk-shaped lid. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120326395 | V-pack seal and method for sealing a shaft - An improved shaft seal includes a plurality of V-pack rings that each includes a bi-directional cut with cuts of unequal lengths. An upper cut extends from the top of the V-pack ring to the shoulder. A lower cut extends from the bottom of the V-pack to the shoulder and is longer in length than the upper cut. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130256995 | Mounting Guard Ring - A mounting guard ring for a sealing ring with at least one sealing lip, surrounding a sleeve-shaped protective ring with a supporting surface for the sealing lip disposed at the outer periphery and a holding device shaped as a grip, the protective ring being provided in at least one peripheral region with a first predetermined breaking site and being capable of being severed along the first predetermined breaking site by pulling on the holding device, the protective ring being closed off in sealing manner by a disk-shaped lid. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140042708 | SHAFT SEAL DEVICE - A shaft seal device is provided in which movement of the seal lip is prevented and the sealing function can be reliably maintained by shaping the adapter so that the adapter is more readily pressed into and less liable to be dislodged from the cartridge, and by increasing the width in the radial direction. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140062031 | Rotary Seal Arrangement - A rotary seal arrangement has a rotatable component ( | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140353924 | Seal with Replaceable Lip - In described embodiments, a seal assembly is provided for sealing a space between a shaft and a housing. The shaft is rotatable about a central axis. The seal assembly includes an outer portion connectable with the housing and an inner portion releasably attached to the outer portion. The inner portion is replaceable with a replacement inner portion. A method for removing the inner portion from the outer portion is also provided. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150061232 | SEALING ARRANGEMENT FOR FOLLOWER-SHAFT ASSEMBLY - A sealing arrangement is disclosed herein. The follower shaft extends within a housing to interface with the housing and senses rotational movement of a base shaft. The sealing arrangement includes a mount member and a seal member. The mount member includes a first end attached to the housing, a second end defining a seal-receiving portion, and an opening throughout. The follower shaft extends through the opening. The seal member has an outer perimeter portion that is adapted to engage with the seal receiving portion. The seal member has an inner resilient portion adapted to seal the perimeter of the follower shaft. The second end of the mount member is structured and arranged to resiliently deflect in correspondence with the resilient inner portion of the seal member. This limits the deflection of the resilient inner portion of the seal member in response to radial movement of the follower shaft. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150091256 | SEAL ASSEMBLY WITH ADJUSTABLE OUTSIDE DIAMETER - A seal assembly for sealing a space between a shaft and a housing includes a seal having a central axis, an inner annular sealing lip sealingly engageable with the shaft and an outer annular rim with an outer circumferential surfaces engageable with the housing inner surface. At least one and preferably two support members are disposed within the annular rim and at least one and preferably a plurality of adjustment devices are coupled with the support members. Each adjustment device is configured to displace at least a portion of each support member radially outwardly with respect to the central axis, to displace at least a portion of the rim generally toward the housing inner surface, and/or to displace at least a portion of each support member radially inwardly toward the central axis to permit displacement of at least a portion of the rim generally away from the housing inner surface. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150337964 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTENDING THE LIFESPAN OF A SHAFT SEAL FOR AN OPEN-DRIVE COMPRESSOR - A device and method for extending the lifespan of a shaft seal for an open-drive compressor is provided. The device and method can also reduce and/or prevent deterioration of the shaft seal regardless of the operation condition of the open-drive compressor. The device and method can further reduce and/or prevent leakage of a lubricant and/or refrigerant that can cause deterioration of components within a transport refrigeration unit (TRU). | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160039246 | ANNULAR SEALING ASSEMBLY, IN PARTICULAR FOR WHEEL HUBS - A sealing assembly comprises a first annular shield presenting an axial sleeve portion for the mounting angularly integral with one of said members, and a flange portion which radially extends from a first end of the sleeve portion, and a sealing member made of elastomeric material presenting an annular root portion, which overhangingly and radially extends from a peripheral edge of the flange portion and a first axially sealing annular lip, as well as a second radially sealing annular lip. The lips extend overhangingly and axially on the opposite side of the first end of the sleeve portion, from a same side as a thinned end of the root portion and are reciprocally and divergingly arranged to form in radial section a V-shape having a vertex facing towards the root portion and an axis parallel to the sleeve portion. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160061329 | MECHANICAL SEAL FITTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of installing a mechanical seal includes wrapping a sleeve around a shaft, placing the seal over the wrapped sleeve and shaft, sliding the seal along the wrapped sleeve and shaft, toward a housing, and pressing the seal into seat in the housing. The sleeve has dimensions of length at least about same as length of the shaft protruding from the housing and width at least greater than the circumference of the shaft. Thickness of the sleeve ranges from about 0.01 inches (0.254 mm) to about 0.05 inches (1.27 mm). The sleeve is formed of polyethylene terephthalate, low-density polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, high-density polyethylene, other elastomer, other polymer, or combinations of these. The sleeve may include a lubricant. | 03-03-2016 |
