Seal for a joint or juncture – Seal between relatively movable parts – Piston ring or piston ring expander or seat therefor
Reexamination Certificate
2003-05-29
2010-02-02
Patel, Vishal (Department: 3676)
Seal for a joint or juncture
Seal between relatively movable parts
Piston ring or piston ring expander or seat therefor
C277S499000, C277S579000, C277S496000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07654536
ABSTRACT:
A seal ring for sealing an annular clearance between two members, which are made rotatable relative to each other. The seal ring is provided with a relief5throughout the circumference of a sliding face side to confront the side wall face72of an annular groove71. This relief5is set to have a radially smaller width in the vicinity of a separate portion2and a radially larger width at a position apart from the separate portion2, and the portion of the relief5to transit from the narrower portion to the wider portion is set to have a gradually changing width.
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Eguchi Nobuyuki
Umetsu Kyohei
Jacobson & Holman PLLC
NOK Corporation
Patel Vishal
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