Seal assembly

Details Seal assembly Seal assembly

2009-03-30

2011-12-27

Beach, Thomas (Department: 3674)

Seal for a joint or juncture

Seal between relatively movable parts

C277S578000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08083234

ABSTRACT:
Seal assembly for sealing a clearance gap between a boundary of an aperture formed in a housing and a member extending through the aperture. The seal assembly comprises a seal member and a seal member mounting means disposed around the sealing member and is configured to engage with the aperture boundary. The seal member mounting means is configured to seal an alignment interspace provided in the clearance gap between the seal member and aperture boundary. The seal member mounting means is configurable to permit the seal member to be located at a position relative to the aperture boundary in dependence upon the relative positions of the member and aperture boundary to thereby accommodate misalignment between the member and aperture boundary. The seal member mounting means is configurable to lock the seal member relative to the aperture boundary in said position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3001385 (1961-09-01), Allen
patent: 3180650 (1965-04-01), Liebig
patent: 3926443 (1975-12-01), Fenerty et al.
patent: 6012900 (2000-01-01), Kennedy et al.
patent: 6517080 (2003-02-01), Pressler
patent: 6912993 (2005-07-01), Oyamada et al.
patent: 6918739 (2005-07-01), Addis
patent: 7314218 (2008-01-01), Hughes
patent: 7438526 (2008-10-01), Enderby
patent: 2001/0022886 (2001-09-01), Cairns et al.
patent: 2004/0195778 (2004-10-01), Smith et al.
patent: 2007/0257447 (2007-11-01), Petrak
patent: 2009/0051120 (2009-02-01), Munsell et al.
patent: 2009/0146379 (2009-06-01), Foster et al.
patent: 2009/0283974 (2009-11-01), Groom et al.
patent: 2010/0237565 (2010-09-01), Foster
patent: 2 027 818 (1980-02-01), None
patent: 2 345 520 (2000-07-01), None
patent: WO 91/03626 (1991-03-01), None
patent: WO 99/53226 (1999-10-01), None
May 6, 2010 Great Britain Office Action for Application No. GB0808561.5.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

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.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4264855