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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. 04, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert J. Rapp, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Reliance Electric Technologies, LLC, Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/902 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/902 ;
Abstract
A tool for driving an annular seal into a cavity defined by a shaft assembly housing that surrounds a rotatable shaft includes an elongated body having an interior cavity that opens at a first end of the body for receiving the shaft. The body defines an annular surface at the first end. The annular surface has an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of the rotatable shaft and forming a removable frictional seal with the inner diameter of the cavity.