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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:
Sep. 06, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jan Sandgren, Providence, RI (US);
Assignee:
EG&G Sealol, Inc., Cranston, RI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277 12 ; 277 38 ; 277 84 ; 277 85 ; 267-15 ;
Abstract
A spring centering device for centering two annular bodies relative to one another. The device including a spring (22) with a central spine (20) and multiple fingers (24) extending from the spine (20). Alternatively, the device includes a spring with a central axis including axially oriented elements (34) parallel to but displaced from the central axis, and connecting elements (24) structurally contiguous with an axial element on each side of the central axis.