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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:
Aug. 05, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Darrell D Pendleton, Gastonia, NC (US);
Assignee:
Garlock Inc., Longview, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277 12 ; 277181 ; 277215 ; 277 95 ; 403359 ; 64 / ; 64 23 ;
Abstract
A seal 10 for sealing between a splined shaft 30 and a housing 32 having a bore 34 through which the splined shaft 30 extends. The seal 10 includes a shell 12 and an elastomeric body 14 bonded thereto. The body 14 includes a mounting portion 16 and a toothed seal portion 18 having a plurality of seal teeth 42 that are matingly received in the grooves 48 in the splined shaft. The seal teeth 42 are molded to provide interference 'y' at the top and bottom of the teeth 42 and interference 'x' at the sides; x.gtoreq.150% y. The seal 10 also has a seal 24 to seal against the housing 32.