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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2017
Applicant:

United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

Michael L. DiFrancesco, Waterbury, CT (US);

Conway Chuong, Manchester, CT (US);

Assignee:

United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/02 (2006.01); F01D 11/08 (2006.01); F01D 25/22 (2006.01); F16J 15/44 (2006.01); F16J 15/00 (2006.01); F16J 15/16 (2006.01); F16J 15/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/02 (2013.01); F01D 11/025 (2013.01); F01D 11/08 (2013.01); F01D 25/22 (2013.01); F16J 15/002 (2013.01); F16J 15/164 (2013.01); F16J 15/442 (2013.01); F16J 15/445 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2240/11 (2013.01); F05D 2240/55 (2013.01); F05D 2240/57 (2013.01); F16J 15/3452 (2013.01);
Abstract

A seal assembly includes first and second rings. The first ring includes a first outer ring, a first beam connected to the first outer ring, and a first shoe. The first shoe includes free and fixed ends and is configured to move radially. The second seal ring is disposed axially adjacent and is attached to the first seal ring. The second seal ring includes a second outer ring, a second beam connected to the second outer ring, and a second shoe. The second shoe includes free and fixed ends and is configured to move in a generally radial direction. The free end of the second shoe is disposed axially adjacent to the fixed end of the first shoe. The fixed end of the second shoe is disposed axially adjacent to the free end of the first shoe.


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