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Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 03, 2023
Applicant:

Tenneco Inc., Northville, MI (US);

Inventors:

Brent Ryan Sedlar, Dexter, MI (US);

Eugene David Zelinsky, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Marcie Noteboom, Armada, MI (US);

Assignee:

Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC, Northville, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/32 (2016.01); F16J 15/3244 (2016.01); F16J 15/328 (2016.01); F16J 15/3284 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/3244 (2013.01); F16J 15/328 (2013.01); F16J 15/3284 (2013.01);
Abstract

A PTFE rotary shaft seal assembly includes an annular seal case mountable within a bore of a housing and a wafer fabricated of PTFE. An outer region of the wafer is captured by the seal case and in inner region extends to a central opening of the wafer. The wafer includes coined fluid pumping impressions formed on a first side of the wafer and coined flexing impressions formed on an opposite second side of the wafer. The wafer further includes a coined static band portion encircling the central opening and being free of fluid pumping impressions. A method of making such a wager and seal assembly is also provided.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Sedlar, Brent. (2026). Ptfe shaft seal and method of making (U.S. Patent No. 12516735). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12516735

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