Sealing assembly
AssigneeTrelleborg Sealing Solutions US, Inc.
InventorsMark C. Sitko, Larry J. Castleman, Colin D. MacQueen
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Abstract
A sealing assembly including a sealing component and a structural member. The sealing component has a first surface structure. The structural member has a second surface structure. A portion of the second surface structure is in contact with at least a portion of the first surface structure. The first surface structure and/or the second surface structure is a nano-textured surface. Interaction of the first surface structure with the second surface structure dynamically reduces friction, leakage of a fluid, and/or wear between the sealing component and the structural member.
Claims20
A sealing assembly, comprising:
- a sealing component having a first surface structure;
- and
- a structural member having a second surface structure, a portion of said second surface structure being in contact with at least a portion of said first surface structure, at least one of said first surface structure and said second surface structure being a nano-textured surface, interaction of said first surface structure with said second surface structure dynamically reducing at least one of friction, leakage of a fluid, and wear between said sealing component and said structural member.
A method of reducing friction, leakage or wear of a sealing component, the method comprising the steps of:
- selecting a sealing component with a first surface structure selecting a structural member with a second surface structure, at least one of said first surface structure and said second surface structure being a nano-textured surface;
- and
- slidingly mating said first surface structure with said second surface structure thereby dynamically reducing at least one of friction, leakage and wear between said sealing component and said structural member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.