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US 2018/0222206 A1Published application
Fluid seals
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPatrick V. Boyd, Mike M. Morrow, Brad Benson
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Abstract
A fluid seal may comprise an external sealing body, and an internal sealing body disposed within the external sealing body. The internal sealing body may be radially connected to the external sealing body by a webbing. Further, the external sealing body may hermetically seal a fluid path from the exterior of the fluid path, while the internal sealing body may hermetically seal the fluid path from within the interior of the fluid path.
Claims15
A fluid seal, comprising:
- an external scaling body;
- and
- an internal scaling body disposed within the external scaling body,
- wherein the internal sealing body is radially connected to the external sealing body by a webbing, and
- wherein the external scaling body is to hermetically seal a fluid path from the exterior of the fluid path, while the internal scaling body is to hermetically seal the fluid path from within the interior of the fluid path.
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A fluid seal, comprising:
- an external scaling boot having a tubular geometry;
- a webbing disposed within the external sealing boot;
- and
- an internal sealing boot having a tubular geometry and disposed within the external sealing boot,
- wherein the webbing extends radially from the internal scaling boot to the external sealing boot, and
- wherein the internal sealing boot extends from the webbing in both directions along a central longitudinal axis of the external sealing boot, and defines a cavity in between the internal sealing boot and the external sealing boot on one side of the webbing, and further defines an opposing cavity between the internal sealing boot and the external sealing boot on the opposing side of the webbing.
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A fluid sealing system, comprising:
- a first fluid tube having a first fluid orifice;
- a second fluid tube having a second fluid orifice concentrically aligned with and in fluid communication with the first fluid orifice;
- and
- a fluid seal, comprising:
- an external scaling boot disposed around the first and second fluid tubes;
- and
- an internal sealing boot disposed within the first and second fluid orifices of the first and second fluid tubes,
- wherein the internal sealing boot is concentrically disposed within the external sealing boot, and
- wherein the external sealing boot and the internal sealing boot both extend and seal across a junction between the first and second fluid orifices such that the external and internal sealing bodies prevent fluid from escaping from the junction.
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