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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard F Kopich, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Gino DiPace, Detroit, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01C / ; F04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
418117 ; 418121 ; 418122 ;
Abstract
A rotary machine multi-piece apex seal arrangement having two arcuate main body segments with sliding tongue and slot engagement which are biased to pivot in opposite directions to engage an internal peripheral wall of the machine by a single spring that is positioned by a bar sliding on this wall and also having end segments that are wedged against the main body segments by the same spring to engage oppositely facing end walls in the machine.