Reinforcement ring for gasket of a single-walled groove

A seal assembly comprising:

• a housing including a wall and a ledge extending inward from the wall;
• a gasket seated on the ledge and abutting the wall, the gasket surrounded by the wall;
• and
• a reinforcement member seated on the ledge and abutting the gasket, the reinforcement member is non-circular, shorter than the wall, and includes a rounded top surface and a rounded bottom surface, the reinforcement member defining an aperture and extending continuously and entirely around the aperture,
• wherein the reinforcement member includes a first spring and a second spring, each one of the first spring and the second spring is compressible during insertion of the reinforcement member within the gasket and biased outward to both expand the reinforcement member against the gasket and press the gasket against the wall, and
• wherein the first spring and the second spring are both between a first half of the reinforcement member and a second half of the reinforcement member.

A seal assembly comprising:

• a housing including a wall;
• a gasket surrounded by the wall;
• and
• a reinforcement member defining an aperture and extending continuously and entirely around the aperture, the reinforcement member in contact with the gasket and surrounded by the gasket such that the gasket is between the reinforcement member and the wall of the housing,
• wherein the reinforcement member includes a first inwardly folded portion and a second inwardly folded portion, the first inwardly folded portion and the second inwardly folded portion are opposite to each other and extend towards each other, each one of the first inwardly folded portion and the second inwardly folded portion is compressible during insertion of the reinforcement member within the gasket, and each one of the first inwardly folded portion and the second inwardly folded portion is biased outward to expand the reinforcement member against the gasket and press the gasket against the wall, and
• wherein the first inwardly folded portion and the second inwardly folded portion are both between a first half of the reinforcement member and a second half of the reinforcement member.