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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2012
Kent H. Clark, Panama, NY (US);
Glen T. Haegele, Columbus, IN (US);
Nathan E. Coulombe, Greenwood, IN (US);
Matthew R. Walker, Jamestown, NY (US);
John M. Nyvall, Columbus, IN (US);
Jeffrey J. Hurd, Columbus, IN (US);
Andrew J. Keenan, Columbus, IN (US);
Dustin J. Hall, Columbus, IN (US);
Brendan J. O'grady, Ada, MI (US);
Kent H. Clark, Panama, NY (US);
Glen T. Haegele, Columbus, IN (US);
Nathan E. Coulombe, Greenwood, IN (US);
Matthew R. Walker, Jamestown, NY (US);
John M. Nyvall, Columbus, IN (US);
Jeffrey J. Hurd, Columbus, IN (US);
Andrew J. Keenan, Columbus, IN (US);
Dustin J. Hall, Columbus, IN (US);
Brendan J. O'Grady, Ada, MI (US);
Cummins Intellectual Property. Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
An engine component seal assembly and method of sealing a coolant passage from an engine component are provided. The seal assembly includes a sealing sleeve sized and dimensioned to slip fit into an engine component mounting bore and a retaining ring sized and dimensioned to be axially inserted into the sleeve. The ring contacts the sleeve and applies a radial force sufficient to create an interference fit and to move or yield an interface portion of the sleeve radially outward into sealing abutment against a wall forming the mounting bore to create a secure and reliable annular fluid seal.