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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. 12, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Fedorovich, Longview, TX (US);
Kenneth C Kirkland, Longview, TX (US);
Jim F McGraw, Longview, TX (US);
Assignee:
Garlock, Inc., Palmyra, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277-1 ; 277 37 ; 277153 ;
Abstract
A one-piece hub seal sleeve is slip fit onto a cooperating element to properly locate and orient that sleeve prior to affixing the sleeve to the cooperating element. A flange on a trailing portion of the sleeve can abut a bearing race of a wheel assembly during installation of the sleeve to keep the sleeve properly oriented and located during assembly.