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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Bal Seal Engineering, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mike Foster, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bal Seal Engineering, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 9/00 (2006.01); F16J 15/06 (2006.01); F16J 15/32 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 9/0081 (2013.01); F16J 15/061 (2013.01); F16J 15/3212 (2013.01); F16J 15/3236 (2013.01); H05K 9/0015 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
Seal assemblies in which a seal member having an energizer located in a seal body groove is positioned inside a housing cavity of a housing are disclosed. The sealing member and the energizer, which can be an O-ring or a spring energizer, can be retained inside the housing cavity by positioning a portion of the energizer in a groove in the housing cavity in a locking or latching engagement. Methods of making and using seal assemblies are also disclosed.