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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Applicant:
Steven Alan Lewis, South Bend, IN (US);
Inventor:
Steven Alan Lewis, South Bend, IN (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 9/14 (2006.01); F16J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A seal assembly is provided for sealing a gap with a high pressure side and a low pressure side between a first component and a second component. The seal assembly can include a primary seal configured to be arranged on the first component and spanning the gap on the high pressure side between the first and second component; and a backup ring configured to be arranged on the first component adjacent the primary seal on the low pressure side. The backup ring includes an inner diameter and a scarf cut slit at an angle that is a function of the inner diameter of the backup ring.