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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:
Mar. 26, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd., Osaska, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277134 ; 277153 ;
Abstract
An oil seal comprises a seal body, a lip, and a plurality of ribs provided on a bevel facing a space without oil when the inner circumference of the lip is utilized. The plurality of ribs are included an angle with respect to the rotational direction of a shaft. Rear ribs with respect to the rotatational direction are set longer than the front ribs. Effecive oil recovery is enabled by the rib structure from the front ribs to the rear ribs.