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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Colin D. Craig, West Hartford, CT (US);
Enzo DiBenedetto, Middletown, CT (US);
Christopher P. Kmetz, Amston, CT (US);
Jonathan Logan Miller, Ware, MA (US);
Mark R. Sondeen, West Hartford, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/00 (2006.01); F16J 15/34 (2006.01); F01D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 15/3468 (2013.01); F01D 11/003 (2013.01); F05D 2240/55 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment of the face seal described herein includes a seal seat and a seal element carried by a seal housing. The seal element cooperates with the seal seat to establish a seal. The housing includes a seal element support and a shroud. The shroud includes a stem and a tip, and the tip is an insert secured to the stem.