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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. 03, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Colin Chen, Barrington, IL (US);
Keith Madison, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Michael J Szott, Hanover Park, IL (US);
Assignee:
Fel-Pro Incorporated, Skokie, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2772 / ; 277209 ; 277210 ;
Abstract
A spaghetti seal for use in a surface to be sealed to a confronting surface and having a pair of projecting beads for sealing against the confronting surface. The beads are molded to incline inwardly towards each other or when installed are caused to incline towards each other. Under load, the beads are forced in contact with each other in a controlled manner. When in contact they behave essentially as a single bead to provide increased stiffness and more effective sealing.