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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:
Oct. 27, 1987
Filed:
May. 30, 1985
Earl H Brinkman, Schenectady, NY (US);
Bruce L Morrison, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An expansion joint for sealing the periphery of a component passing through a bore in a member comprises a component sealing element and a bore sealing element, each having a respectively alignable hole therethrough for defining an opening for receiving the component through the expansion joint. The radial outer surface of the bore sealing element sealingly engages the bore and the radial inner surface of the component sealing member that defines the hole therethrough is radially outwardly relieved over a first portion so that a second portion of the inner surface sealingly contacts the periphery of the component along a line which is everywhere tangent to the component, thereby accommodating skew between the central axis of the component and the central axis of the bore. Lateral surfaces of the component and bore sealing elements are mutually sealingly engaged during assembly.