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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2005
Wei-tang Lai, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Wei-Tang Lai, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
John Crane Inc., Morton Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
A seal ring configuration adapted to be disposed about a shaft to seal a fluid at a pressure differentials across the seal. The seal ring configuration comprises a mating ring and an axially movable primary ring. The primary ring includes a seal face in opposing relationship to the mating ring seal face to define a seal interface. The mating ring seal face or the primary ring seal face defines an annular axially recessed section and a dam section. The recessed section is axially disposed further from the cooperating seal face relative to the dam section. The axially recessed section further includes a face pattern axially spaced further from the dam section than the recessed portion and is capable of generating a hydrodynamic force between the mating ring seal face and the primary ring seal face.