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US 2024/0200658 A1Published application
Seals and methods of making and using the same
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
InventorRoberto CANNIOTO
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Abstract
A seal including: a metal annular body oriented down a central axis, the metal annular body comprising an axially elongated heel flange, a first lip, and a second lip defining an annular recess that bisects the central axis, wherein a radial midpoint of the axially elongated heel flange is radially offset from the central axis, a radial midpoint of the first lip, and a radial midpoint of the second lip.
Claims20
A seal comprising:
- a metal annular body oriented down a central axis, the metal annular body comprising an axially elongated heel flange, a first lip, and a second lip defining an annular recess that bisects the central axis, wherein a radial midpoint of the axially elongated heel flange is radially offset from the central axis, a radial midpoint of the first lip, and a radial midpoint of the second lip.
A seal comprising:
- a metal annular body oriented down a central axis, the metal annular body comprising an axially elongated heel flange defining a cavity, a first lip, and a second lip defining an annular recess that bisects the central axis;
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- a washer disposed within the cavity of the axially elongated heel flange, wherein a radial midpoint of the washer is radially offset from the central axis, a radial midpoint of the first lip, and a radial midpoint of the second lip.
A seal assembly comprising:
- a first member;
- a second member;
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- a seal disposed between the first member and the second member, the seal comprising:
- a metal annular body oriented down a central axis, the metal annular body comprising an axially elongated heel flange, a first lip, and a second lip defining an annular recess that bisects the central axis, wherein a radial midpoint of the axially elongated heel flange is radially offset from the central axis, a radial midpoint of the first lip, and a radial midpoint of the second lip.
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