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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1997
Filed:
May. 20, 1996
Tsuyoshi Kanda, Fukushima, JP;
NOK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A unitized oil seal (10) includes a wear sleeve element (12) and a seal element (14). The wear sleeve element (12) is configured to include an axially outwardly and radially inwardly tapered dust sealing surface (38). The seal element (14) is provided with a dust sealing lip (82) sealingly engaging the dust sealing surface (38). The dust sealing lip (82) is configured to flare out axially outwardly and radially outwardly so that the point of contact thereof with the dust sealing surface (38) is offset axially outwardly from the plane of an abutment surface (40) of the wear sleeve element. A high degree of dirt exclusion capability is achieved. The seal element (14) includes primary and auxiliary seal lips (74, 76) which are brought into sealing engagement with the wear sleeve without a conventional garter spring.