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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2015
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
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);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the seal housing for a face seal described herein include a base with a seal element support and a shroud both extending from the base in a common direction. The seal element support and the base define a space for receiving a seal element. The shroud includes a tip having a head portion that tapers toward a neck portion that is reduced in size relative to the head portion. The tip is secured to a stem of the shroud through a set of circumferentially distributed countersunk holes.