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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2012
Jeffrey E. Swensen, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Matthew E. Roach, Catonsville, MD (US);
Jeffrey E. Swensen, Eldersburg, MD (US);
Matthew E. Roach, Catonsville, MD (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An increased resilience seal utilizing a sealed gas filled inner chamber in a bellows spring that functions as both a mechanical spring and a gas spring to provide a more constant level of separation force between two face plates to provide a seal between two mechanical components such as those found in an aircraft jet engine. The bellows spring is made of a plurality of walls that are joined together in a pressurized chamber that is filled with a gas, such as an inert gas. In alternative embodiments, the bellows spring is made of walls that are shaped and oriented to optimize the operating characteristics of the bellows spring when the pressure is increased in a sealed inner chamber in response to elevated temperature. In one embodiment, the walls forming a portion of the chamber overlap to optimize the geometry of the bellows spring.