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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2010
Wilho V Aho, Jr., West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Jack W Wilson, Jr., Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Vincent P Laurello, Hobe Sound, FL (US);
Wilho V Aho, Jr., West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Jack W Wilson, Jr., Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Vincent P Laurello, Hobe Sound, FL (US);
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc., Jupiter, FL (US);
Abstract
A card seal with an annular arrangement of leaf elements, where each leaf element has a T shape with an upper ear section and a leaf section extending from the ear section. the leaf elements each include a first raised portion and a second raised portion that form a cross, the raised portions allowing for air to pass to bend ends on the leaf sections to form a floating air seal and to limit leakage flow across the leaf elements from one side to the opposite side.