Seal and bearing assembly including the seal
AssigneeAktiebolaget Skf
InventorsPadelis Katsaros, Volker Wendt
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Abstract
A seal configured to seal a gap between a first component and a second component to at least partially retain a fluid on a first side of the seal in a space between the first component and the second component, the seal including a seal body having a radially outer periphery and a central opening configured to receive the first component or the second component, at least one sensor configured to detect a characteristic of the fluid and an adapter. The at least one sensor is disposed on the adapter, and the adapter has a first portion extending through the seal body at a location spaced from and radially between the radially outer periphery and the central opening and a second portion axially abutting the seal body on the first side of the seal.
Claims13
A seal configured to seal a gap between a first component and a second component to at least partially retain a fluid on a first side of the seal in a space between the first component and the second component, the seal comprising:
- a seal body having a radially outer periphery, a sensor opening having a first diameter, and a central opening configured to receive the first component or the second component,
- at least one sensor configured to detect at least one characteristic of the fluid, and
- an adapter, the at least one sensor being disposed on the adapter, the adapter having a first portion axially abutting the seal body on the first side of the seal, and
- the adapter extending through the seal body forming a second portion on a second side of the seal opposite the first side, the second portion having the first diameter, at a location spaced from and radially between the radially outer periphery and the central opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.