Seal for a joint or juncture – Seal between fixed parts or static contact against... – Contact seal for other than internal combustion engine – or...
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-08
2007-05-08
Patel, Vishal (Department: 3673)
Seal for a joint or juncture
Seal between fixed parts or static contact against...
Contact seal for other than internal combustion engine, or...
C277S637000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10901497
ABSTRACT:
The subject invention discloses a sealing assembly that includes a first component and a second component moveable into and out of mating engagement to form a seal therebetween. The first component has a first sealing surface defining a groove and a sealing bead extends upwardly a predetermined height therefrom. The sealing bead is molded within the groove. The second component has a second sealing surface defining a recess for contacting the sealing bead. When the first and the second components are brought into mating engagement, the sealing bead compresses at most 40% of the predetermined height when the second sealing surface contacts the sealing bead.
REFERENCES:
patent: 192884 (1877-07-01), Ubil
patent: 2289164 (1942-07-01), Arnold
patent: 2330425 (1943-09-01), Hilton
patent: 2513178 (1950-06-01), Jackson
patent: 3095619 (1963-07-01), Peterson
patent: 3231286 (1966-01-01), Carrell
patent: 3606361 (1971-09-01), Pohl
patent: 3694894 (1972-10-01), Jelinek et al.
patent: 4155561 (1979-05-01), Rudy
patent: 4165622 (1979-08-01), Brown, Jr.
patent: 4192520 (1980-03-01), Hasegawa
patent: 4284479 (1981-08-01), Schulte
patent: 4819953 (1989-04-01), Joh
patent: 4854839 (1989-08-01), DiFlora
patent: 4949982 (1990-08-01), DiFlora
patent: 5080058 (1992-01-01), Ferrazzi
patent: 5390939 (1995-02-01), Terauchi et al.
patent: 5511518 (1996-04-01), Jain et al.
patent: 5676373 (1997-10-01), Sakai et al.
patent: 5687975 (1997-11-01), Inciong
patent: 5692758 (1997-12-01), Wikstrom
patent: 6048041 (2000-04-01), Mueller et al.
patent: 6173969 (2001-01-01), Stoll
patent: 6304724 (2001-10-01), Ando
patent: 6343796 (2002-02-01), Lee
patent: 6361049 (2002-03-01), Joco
patent: 6390479 (2002-05-01), Combet
Gordon William T
Hurlbert David J
Niu Hao Shirley
Waters Robert M
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Federal-Mogul Worldwide, Inc.
Patel Vishal
Stearns Robert L.
LandOfFree
Seal assembly does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Seal assembly, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Seal assembly will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3817659