Multilobe gasket and sealing groove
AssigneeAndrew Corporation
InventorsMax Leadley-Brown, Steve Buchan, Ian Grant
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Abstract
A sealing gasket and corresponding sealing groove pair formed in mating sealing surface(s). The sealing gasket has a cross section with a plurality of lobes in a generally H-shaped configuration. The sealing groove(s) are formed with a groove bottom between opposing groove side(s); the groove bottom having a middle ridge projecting towards an open end of the groove(s). The sealing gasket compresses and seals against the sealing groove(s) as the sealing surface(s) are mated against each another. Each groove side may also have a recess shoulder at the sealing surface.
Claims20
A sealing gasket in combination with corresponding sealing groove(s), comprising:
- a sealing gasket with a cross section having a plurality of lobes in a generally H-shaped configuration;
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- a pair of sealing grooves formed in corresponding sealing surface(s);
- each of the sealing groove(s) having a groove bottom between opposing groove side(s);
- the groove bottom having a middle ridge projecting towards an open end of the groove(s);
- the sealing gasket compressing and sealing against the groove(s) as the sealing surfaces are mated against each another.
A sealing gasket adapted to mate with sealing groove(s) of corresponding sealing surfaces, the sealing groove(s) each having a groove bottom between opposing groove side(s);
- the groove bottom having a middle ridge projecting towards an open end of the groove, the sealing gasket comprising:
- a length of compressible material adapted to mate with the sealing groove(s);
- the compressible material having a cross section with a plurality of lobes in a generally H-shaped configuration.
A pair of sealing grooves formed in corresponding sealing surfaces adapted to compress and seal against a generally H-shaped sealing gasket, each of the sealing groove(s) comprising:
- a groove bottom between opposing groove side(s);
- the groove bottom having a middle ridge projecting towards an open end of the sealing groove;
- the sealing gasket compressing and sealing against the groove(s) as the sealing surfaces are mated against each another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.