Dual-lip shaft seal with one spring-urged lip
AssigneeFederal-Mogul Corporation
InventorJohn D. Butler
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Abstract
A dual-lip shaft seal with two PTFE sealing members bonded to a molded elastomeric body, and a method and mold for its manufacture includes an elastomeric body bonded to the radial flange of a metal case and provides (1) a shaped lip with a garter spring held in a recess and, bonded to its other side, a frustoconical PTFE ring providing its sealing lip portion and (2) an inflexible portion bonded to a radially extending PTFE wafer.
Claims8
A dual-lip shaft seal with two polytetrafluoroethylene sealing members bonded to a molded elastomeric body, including in combination;
- a metal case having a radially inwardly extending flange with an inner end,
- an elastomeric member bonded to said flange and providing on one side thereof a shaped lip body with a frustoconical outwardly recessed wall on its radially inner side,
- a frustoconical ring of polytetrafluoroethylene bonded to said frustoconical recessed wall, and providing the actual sealing portion of its said lip, and
- a radially extending polytetrafluoroethylene washer bonded on one side to said elastomeric member on the opposite side of said radial flange from said lip body.
A dual-lip shaft seal with two polytetrafluoroethylene sealing members bonded to a molded elastomeric body, including in combination;
- a metal case having a bore-contacting cylindrical portion and a radially inwardly extending flange with an inner end,
- an elastomeric member having a relatively inflexible portion bonded to at least the inner portion of said flange on both sides thereof and on the inner end and providing on one side thereof a shaped lip body connected to said inflexible portion by a flexing diaphragm portion, said lip body having a spring-receiving recess on the radially outer side of said lip body and on its radially inner side a frustoconical recess leading radially inwardly from a shoulder adjacent to said flexing diaphragm portion and a frustoconical portion meeting said frustoconical recess at an angle and extending radially outwardly to the outboard end of said lip body,
- a garter spring in said spring-receiving recess,
- a frustoconical ring of polytetrafluoroethylene in said frustoconical recess and bonded to said shoulder and for its full length to the full length of said frustoconical recess and providing the actual sealing portion of its said lip, and
- a radially extending polytetrafluoroethylene washer bonded on one side to said relatively inflexible body portion on the opposite side of said radial flange from said lip body and extending radially in therefrom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.