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AssigneeAvaya Technology Corp.
InventorsBassel H. Daoud, Jason Abraham Kay, David Steven Kerr, Ronald Marchtsin, Lawrence M. Paul
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A hydrodynamic seal efficiently protects an interior cavity of an enclosure from external elements. The seal has an upper portion having a recess formed in a center section of the upper portion. A lower portion, having a raised portion, abuts the upper portion and forms a passage between the two portions. The passage between the upper and lower portions is reduced in area along the recessed and raised portions. When air with water and/or dust passes through the passage, a velocity and pressure change occurs, thereby the water and/or dust is deposited in a channel. The water and/or dust flows along the channel and is exhausted to an external so that the water and/or dust is prevented from entering the interior cavity of the enclosure.
A hydrodynamic seal comprising:
A method of providing a hydrodynamic seal having a first passage section being essentially straight, a second passage section being defined by a recess and rise and a third passage section being essentially straight and having a channel defined in an essentially center section thereof, the method comprising the steps of:
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