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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Lord Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
LORD Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 5/12 (2006.01); H02K 5/16 (2006.01); H02K 1/24 (2006.01); F16D 57/00 (2006.01); H02K 5/124 (2006.01); H02K 7/08 (2006.01); F16D 121/20 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 5/124 (2013.01); F16D 57/002 (2013.01); H02K 1/246 (2013.01); H02K 5/161 (2013.01); H02K 7/083 (2013.01); F16D 2121/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A magnetically-responsive device () having a magnetic seal () to retain magnetically responsive material within a defined space () is provided. The magnetically-responsive device () has a shaft (), a rotor (), a magnetic field generator (), a magnetically-responsive medium and a magnetic seal (). The seal () is preferably a non-contact seal () that does not deteriorate over time and generates little to no resistance.