Seal ring and seal device

A seal ring which seals operating oil hermetically and is attached to an annular seal ring groove provided on an outer circumference of a shaft member, the seal ring comprising:

• fluororesin;
• synthetic resin having a surface energy ranging from +0 N/cm to 20×10−5 N/cm inclusive of that of the operating oil;
• and
• metal powder having a hardness equal to or more than that of any of a side surface of the seal ring groove serving as a sliding partner and an inner circumferential surface of a housing engaged relatively rotatable with the outer circumference of the shaft member,
• wherein the seal ring comprises an inner ring circumferential surface facing an inside thereof in a radius direction, an outer ring circumferential surface facing an outside thereof in the radius direction, and a pair of side ring surfaces facing both sides thereof in an axial direction, and
• when oil pressure is applied to the seal ring, the outer ring circumferential surface is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the housing, one of the side ring surfaces is pressed against the side surface of the seal ring groove, thus retaining the oil pressure.

A hydraulics seal device, comprising:

• a seal ring which seals operating oil hermetically and is attached to an annular seal ring groove provided on an outer circumference of a shaft member,
• the seal ring comprising:
• fluororesin;
• metal powder having a hardness equal to or more than that of any of a side surface of the seal ring groove serving as a sliding partner and an inner circumferential surface of a housing engaged relatively rotatable with the outer circumference of the shaft member;
• and
• modified fluororesin formed by irradiating an ionizing radiation in a range from 1 kGy to 10 MGy inclusive in a state of being heated up to a melting point thereof or higher under an inert gas atmosphere with an oxygen partial pressure of 1.33 kPa or less,
• wherein the seal ring comprises an inner ring circumferential surface facing an inside thereof in a radius direction, an outer ring circumferential surface facing an outside thereof in the radius direction, and a pair of side ring surfaces facing both sides thereof in an axial direction,
• when oil pressure is applied to the seal ring, the outer ring circumferential surface is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the housing, one of the side ring surfaces is pressed against the side surface of the seal ring groove, thus retaining the oil pressure, and
• the seal ring slidingly contacts any of the side surface of the seal ring groove of the shaft member and the inner circumferential surface of the housing.

A hydraulics seal device, comprising:

• a seal ring which seals operating oil hermetically and is attached to an annular seal ring groove provided on an outer circumference of a shaft member,
• the seal ring comprising:
• fluororesin;
• synthetic resin having surface energy ranging from +0 N/cm to 20×10−5 N/cm inclusive of surface energy of the operating oil;
• and
• metal powder having a hardness equal to or more than that of any of a side surface of the seal ring groove serving as a sliding partner and an inner circumferential surface of a housing engaged relatively rotatable with the outer circumference of the shaft member,
• wherein the seal ring comprises an inner ring circumferential surface facing an inside thereof in a radius direction, an outer ring circumferential surface facing an outside thereof in the radius direction, and a pair of side ring surfaces facing both sides thereof in an axial direction,
• when oil pressure is applied to the seal ring, the outer ring circumferential surface is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the housing, one of the side ring surfaces is pressed against the side surface of the seal ring groove, thus retaining the oil pressure, and
• the seal ring slidingly contacts any of the side surface of the seal ring groove of the shaft member and the inner circumferential surface of the housing.