Machine element or mechanism – Flexible sealing diaphragm attached to moving rod and to casing – Pivoting or nutating rod
Patent
1980-05-30
1982-01-19
Staab, Lawrence J.
Machine element or mechanism
Flexible sealing diaphragm attached to moving rod and to casing
Pivoting or nutating rod
92 37, 74 182, F16J 1550
Patent
active
043110576
ABSTRACT:
An hermetic seal 10 for a linear rod 12 having a portion thereof projected axially through a port 20 defined in a wall for a pressure chamber 14 and supported thereby for omni-directional motion. The seal is characterized by a resilient, impervious, cylindrical body having a first section concentrically related to the shaft and integrally affixed thereto comprising a linear ordered array of annular flutes 22, a second section integrally affixed to the wall of the chamber and concentrically related to the port comprising a second linear ordered array of annular flutes 24, and a third section interposed between said first and second sections and integrally affixed thereto in coaxial alignment therewith comprising an annular ordered array of linear flutes 26 concentrically related to the shaft, whereby axial, angular, and pivotal motion of the rod is accommodated.
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Frosch Robert A. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
Lombardi Frank
Manning John R.
McCaul Paul F.
Staab Lawrence J.
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