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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Caterpillar Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Inventor:
Connor John Haas, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/34 (2006.01); B62D 55/088 (2006.01); B62D 55/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/344 (2013.01); B62D 55/088 (2013.01); F16J 15/3408 (2013.01); B62D 55/0887 (2013.01); B62D 55/15 (2013.01); F16J 15/3496 (2013.01);
Abstract
A face seal member includes a cylindrical annular body defining a cylindrical axis, a radial direction, a first axial extremity, a second axial extremity, an outside radial extremity and an inside radial extremity, a face sealing surface including a clearance surface, a contact region disposed radially adjacent the clearance surface that defines a contact plane, and a tapered surface extending radially from the contact region that defines a taper angle with the contact plane that increases as the tapered surface progresses further radially from the contact region toward the inside radial extremity.