# US 11,906,066 B2 · Seal support ring for a valve > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,906,066 B2 - Document ID: US11906066B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/708,349 - Filed: 2022-03-30 - Published: 2022-10-06 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-01 - Assignees: VAT Holding AG - Applicants: VAT Holding AG - Inventors: Christof Bachmann; Hanspeter Frehner; Martin Netzer; Florian Ehrne - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11906066B2 ## CPC - F16K 3/0218: {with only one sealing face} - F16K 3/0227: {Packings} - F16K 3/06: in the form of closure plates arranged between supply and discharge passages (F16K3/10 takes precedence) - F16K 3/18: by movement of the closure members - F16K 3/312: Line blinds - F16K 27/00: Construction of housing (methods for welding housings B23K); Use of materials therefor - F16K 27/04: of sliding valves - F16K 27/044: {slide valves with flat obturating members} - F16K 27/045: {with pivotal obturating members} - F16K 31/04: using a motor - F16K 51/02: specially adapted for high-vacuum installations - F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)} ## Abstract A seal support ring (1) for a valve (2), particularly a vacuum valve, which has a throughflow opening (3) and a basic body (4), which annularly surrounds the throughflow opening, and a fastener arrangement (5) for fastening the seal support ring to a valve housing (6) of the valve. The basic body has a first side (7) on which the seal support ring, in a mounted state on the valve housing, lies against the valve housing, and the seal support ring has a seal ring (8) made from an elastomer which, in its position on the basic body, surrounds the throughflow opening. A casing wall (9) is arranged on the basic body and at least partially surrounds the throughflow opening and, on a second side (10) of the basic body (4) opposite the first side, protrudes from the basic body and has a larger inside diameter than the seal ring. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A seal support ring for a valve, the seal support ring comprising: a throughflow opening and a basic body, which annularly surrounds the throughflow opening; a fastening arrangement is configured to fasten the seal support ring within a valve housing of the valve, such that the seal support ring is connectable to and removable from an interior of the valve housing; the basic body has a first side on which the seal support ring, in a state completely mounted on the valve housing, is adapted to lie against the valve housing; at least one seal ring made from an elastomer arranged on the basic body that surrounds the throughflow opening; a casing wall arranged on the basic body that surrounds the throughflow opening at least in regions and protrudes on a second side of the basic body, opposite the first side, the casing wall having a radially inwardly facing larger inside diameter than an inside diameter of the seal ring, and the casing wall being radially offset and non-contacting with the seal ring. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The seal support ring according to claim 1, wherein the casing wall has, on the second side opposite the first side, a protrusion of 15 mm to 40 mm relative to the basic body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The seal support ring according to claim 1, wherein a wall opening formed as a blind hole is arranged in the casing wall. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The seal support ring according to claim 1, wherein the casing wall is arranged on an outer edge of the basic body facing away from the throughflow opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The seal support ring according to claim 4, wherein the casing wall is formed integrally with the basic body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The seal support ring according to claim 1, wherein the casing wall, in cross-section, is arranged at a right angle relative to a surface of the basic body on the first side of the basic body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The seal support ring according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the fastening arrangement is formed on or in the basic body. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The seal support ring according to claim 1, wherein the seal ring is fixed to the basic body or is arranged exchangeably in a groove of the basic body. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The seal support ring according to claim 8, wherein the seal ring is vulcanized on the basic body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The seal support ring according to claim 1, wherein the fastening arrangement comprises a sequence of keyhole-shaped openings formed spaced apart from one another in the basic body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The seal support ring according to claim 1, wherein the fastening arrangement comprises an undercut groove on the basic body formed as a blind hole which is open towards an outer edge of the basic body facing away from the throughflow opening, and at least one screw is arranged on the seal support ring on a fixing side of the first side and at an opposite end as the undercut groove. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A valve, comprising: a valve housing; a valve opening in the valve housing; a valve disc configured to close the valve opening in a closed position of the valve disc; a seal support ring according to claim 1 fastened removably to the valve housing; wherein the valve opening of the valve and the throughflow opening of the seal support ring are arranged aligned with each other, and the valve disc, in the closed position, lies against the seal ring of the seal support ring and is surrounded by the casing wall of the seal support ring.