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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Inventors:
Sunil I. Mathew, Peoria, IL (US);
Hong Lian, Peoria, IL (US);
Craig D. Goeppinger, Argenta, IL (US);
Brian C. Wright, Decatur, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/16 (2006.01); F16C 11/06 (2006.01); B62D 7/16 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/16 (2013.01); B60G 7/005 (2013.01); B62D 7/16 (2013.01); F16C 11/0671 (2013.01); B60G 2204/416 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49622 (2015.01); Y10T 403/32606 (2015.01);
Abstract
A machine system includes a first component, a second component, and a joint assembly pivotably connecting the first and second components in a finite angular pivoting range. A boot seal seals between the first and second components, and has a rest configuration where the boot seal has a curvilinear taper, and is deformable to a squished configuration forming a radially outward bulge. The radially outward bulge stores an energy of compression of the boot seal, to bias a sealing ring in the boot seal against the second component.