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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:
Nov. 14, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Anthony J Grzesiak, Burnham, IL (US);
Assignee:
Borg-Warner Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277152 ; 277189 ;
Abstract
A valve stem seal for an intake or exhaust valve in an internal combustion engine where the seal allows a metered amount of oil to run down the valve stem for lubrication of the stem in its valve guide. The seal has a cylindrical wall engaging the valve guide boss and an upper inwardly extendng flange provided with twin sealing lobes on the internal surface separated by an annular groove; the lobes and groove providing a pumping action for oil during reciprocation of the valve stem.