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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2016
Nok Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Maiko Miyazaki, Fujisawa, JP;
Yohei Sakai, Fujisawa, JP;
Kenichi Yoshimura, Fujisawa, JP;
Shota Toma, Fujisawa, JP;
NOK CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A seal ring includes, on a side of a sliding surface thereof, a groove part () having a first groove () extending in a circumferential direction thereof and a second groove () extending from a central position of the first groove () in the circumferential direction to an inner peripheral surface and guiding sealed fluid into the first groove (), the first groove () having dynamic pressure generation grooves () configured to have a groove bottom made shallower at an end thereof in the circumferential direction than at a center thereof in the circumferential direction, and a foreign matter catching groove () that has a groove bottom deeper than the groove bottoms of the dynamic pressure generation grooves () and is capable of catching foreign matter, and the first groove () being provided at a position that falls within a sliding region in which the seal ring slides on the lateral wall surface.