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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2007
Applicants:
Ryouhei Hosaka, Kashiwara, JP;
Kunio Higuchi, Kashiba, JP;
Masahide Sunagawa, Tokushima, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 33/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This sealing device has an annular metal core portion and an annular elastic portion. The elastic portion has a thick portion and a thin portion which extends from the thick portion in an axial direction of the elastic portion and has a thinner thickness in a radial direction than the thick portion. A fixed lip is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the thick portion, and a sliding lip is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the thin portion.