Back to results
US 12,631,246 B2Granted
Inflatable mounting seal
AssigneesZF Friedrichshafen AG, Zf Wind Power Antwerpen N.V.
InventorsWim De Laet, Witikind Van Ouytsel, Andries Boonen
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An arrangement including a gearbox and a seal. The gearbox has a housing and at least one means arranged at least partially in the interior of the housing. The seal is filled with an over-pressurized fluid. The seal is braced by the overpressure in a gap running between the means and the housing.
Claims12
An arrangement comprising:
- a gearbox;
- and
- a seal, wherein:
- the gearbox has a housing and at least one planet carrier arranged at least partially in an interior of the housing,
- the seal is filled with an over-pressurized fluid, and
- the seal is arranged in a gap running between a planet gear portion of the planet carrier and the housing, the seal being braced in the gap by an overpressure caused by the over-pressurized fluid.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.