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US 12,000,486 B2Granted
Seal and method of making and using the same
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
InventorsMichael D. Downes, Colby Stark
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Abstract
A seal including: an annular jacket including a body including a first lip and a second lip defining an annular recess; a circumferential spring disposed within the annular recess adjacent to one of the first lip and the second lip; and a floating circumferential insert, where a radial biasing force on the first lip is decoupled from a radial biasing force on the second lip.
Claims18
A seal comprising:
- an annular jacket comprising a body comprising a first lip and a second lip defining an annular recess;
- a circumferential spring disposed within the annular recess adjacent to one of the first lip and the second lip;
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- a floating circumferential insert, wherein a radial biasing force on the first lip is decoupled from a radial biasing force on the second lip, wherein the annular jacket further comprises a second circumferential insert disposed within the annular recess adjacent to the other of the first lip and the second lip, wherein the annular recess comprises a void between the floating circumferential insert and the second circumferential insert.
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A seal assembly comprising:
- a first member;
- a second member;
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- a seal disposed radially between the first member and the second member, the seal comprising:
- an annular jacket comprising a body comprising a first lip and a second lip defining an annular recess;
- a circumferential spring disposed within the annular recess adjacent to one of the first lip and the second lip;
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- a floating circumferential insert, wherein a radial biasing force on the first lip is decoupled from a radial biasing force on the second lip, wherein the annular jacket further comprises a second circumferential insert disposed within the annular recess adjacent to the other of the first lip and the second lip, wherein the annular recess comprises a void between the floating circumferential insert and the second circumferential insert.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.