Balanced circumferential seal
AssigneeRaytheon Technologies Corporation
InventorsTimothy R. Dyer, Abhijeet Shrestha
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Abstract
A machine has: an outer member; an inner member mounted for rotation about an axis relative to the outer member; and a seal system. The seal system has: a seal housing mounted to the outer member; one or more seal rings held by the seal housing and having an inner diameter surface; and a seal runner mounted to the inner member and having a first outer diameter surface portion contacting or facing the inner diameter surface of the one or more seal rings. The seal runner has a circumferential array of mounting features. One or more weights are mounted to one or more of the mounting features.
Claims20
A machine comprising:
- an outer member;
- an inner member mounted for rotation about an axis relative to the outer member;
- and
- a seal system comprising:
- a seal housing mounted to the outer member;
- one or more seal rings held by the seal housing and having an inner diameter surface;
- and
- a seal runner mounted to the inner member and having a first outer diameter surface portion contacting or facing the inner diameter surface of the one or more seal rings,
- wherein:
- the seal runner has;
- a circumferential array of mounting features, each comprising one or more mounting holes;
- a mounting section mounted to the inner member;
- a sealing section including the first outer diameter surface portion radially outwardly spaced from the mounting section;
- a first hub between the mounting section and the sealing section;
- a balancing section including the one or more mounting holes of the mounting features of the circumferential array or mounting features;
- and
- a second hub between the mounting section and the balancing section;
- the first hub and the second hub are angled off-radial in the same direction from the mounting section to the sealing section and the balancing section, respectively;
- and
- one or more weighs are mounted to one or more of the mounting features of the circumferential array of mounting features.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.