Sealing arrangement
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsIngmar G. Meijer, Stefano S. Oggioni, Stephan Paredes, Gerd Schlottig
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Abstract
An embodiment of the invention may include a sealing apparatus. The sealing apparatus may include a first component having a body, where the body has an outer surface and a first arm protruding from the outer surface. The first arm includes an inner surface facing the outer surface of the body. The sealing apparatus may include a second component engaged by the first arm of the first component. The second component may have a first portion arranged inside a space between the inner surface of the first arm and the outer surface of the body and a second portion arranged outside of the space and adjacent to an outer surface of the first arm.
Claims15
A sealing apparatus comprising:
- a first component comprising a body, a first arm, and a second arm protruding from an outer surface of the body, the first arm comprising a first inner surface facing the outer surface of the body, wherein the first inner surface and the outer surface of the body form a first acute angle, and wherein the first inner surface and the outer surface are adjoining surfaces, and the second arm comprising a second inner surface facing the outer surface of the body and the first inner surface, wherein the second inner surface and the outer surface of the body form a second acute angle, and wherein the second inner surface and the outer surface are adjoining surfaces, and wherein the first arm includes a first portion extending from the outer surface of the body and a second portion connected outwardly to the first portion and being inclined with respect to the first portion;
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- a second component attached to the first component, the second component having a first portion arranged inside a space defined between the first inner surface, the second inner surface, and the outer surface of the body and a second portion arranged outside of the space and adjacent to an outer surface of the first arm and an outer surface of the second arm, wherein the second component is a portion of a wall of a casing and is substantially perpendicular to the body of the first component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.