Lip seal

Abstract

Lubricity of a lip seal material using hydrogenated nitrile rubber is improved. A rubber-like elastic lip seal which is fixed to a housing and slides with a shaft that rotates relatively with the housing, wherein the lip seal includes a rubber-like elastic body containing hydrogenated nitrile rubber, EPDM or fluoro rubber, a reinforcing filler material, and a non-reinforcing filler material having an aspect ratio in a range of 1 or more and 30 or less, and the lip seal contains 1 part by weight or more and 150 parts by weight or less of the reinforcing filler material and 5 parts by weight or more and 90 parts by weight or less the non-reinforcing filler material per 100 parts by weight of the rubber-like elastic body.

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