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Seal for a joint or juncture February patent applications/inventions, industry category 02/11

20110042902 - Self-sealing method: A method of sealing a leak of fluid from a container comprises introducing a solute to a body of fluid within the container. The solute is selected so as to be soluble in the fluid at the expected conditions prevailing inside the container, and insoluble when the pressure experienced by... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20110042903 - Slide ring seal arrangement: A slide ring seal arrangement comprises a rotationally fixed slide ring (4) and a slide ring (11), which is provided for rotating together with a rotating component, these slide rings each being held in a loose seat and interacting, in, in essence, radially oriented sealing surfaces, which are prestressed with... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20110042904 - Cylinder head gasket assembly: A static cylinder head gasket assembly includes an inner distance layer having an opening extending between opposite planar sides with the opening being configured to register with a cylinder bore of an internal combustion engine. A plurality of inner functional layers overlie each of the opposite sides of the inner... Agent: Robert L. Stearns Dickinson Wright PLLC

20110042905 - Fire and chemical resistant gasket: An annular, chemically nonreactive shell 18 is formed with a base 42, a radially inwardly disposed surface 28 and with a pair of sidewalls 30, 32 that are raised relative to the base. A fire resistant, intermediate core 20 is formed with an annular body 36 and with a radially... Agent: Wm. Cates Rambo 508 Mercantile Library Bldg.

20110037228 - Blade seal with improved blade seal profile: The present invention provides a blade seal for use with a blade that compresses the blade seal to form a seal across a sealing junction. The blade seal includes a recessed ridge for receiving the blade and having a plurality of ridge contact points. When the blade compresses the blade... Agent: Don W. Bulson (park) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20110037229 - Packing element: A sealing element for a packer is described. The sealing element comprises an annular body having an internal surface defining a throughbore, the internal surface adapted to engage a mandrel having a mandrel diameter. The annular body internal surface defines first and second regions, the throughbore diameter of the regions... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20110037230 - Expandable packer system: The expandable casing packing element systems for cased and open-hole wellbores include an expandable casing member having a sealing device comprising a sealing element disposed between at least two retainer rings. The retainer rings have flat cross-sections and the sealing element is forced radially outward by the expansion of the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (hou) Intellectual Property Department

20110037231 - Shaft seal for down-hole tools: A sealing apparatus for a downhole tool having a movable member (11) which moves relative to a housing, the sealing apparatus comprising: at least one sealing member having (10A) a first position in which the sealing member is spaced from the movable member and a second position in which the... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20110037232 - Mechanical seal device: The present invention provides a mechanical seal device, capable of sealing special fluid such as chemicals, easy to be mounted to a device and small in size. The mechanical seal device comprises a seal cover, a first seal ring axially-movably arranged in an inner circumference side of the seal cover,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20110037233 - Sealing assembly: A sealing assembly (100) for at least partially sealing a gap (102) leading to a void (104) between first and second members (110, 120), the first and second members forming part of a gas-washed surface of a jet engine, wherein the sealing assembly comprises: a bridging portion (130) couplable to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20110037234 - Cartridge seal assemblies and associated methods: The present cartridge seal assemblies pertain to rotary lip-type seals. In certain embodiments, a sealing member is constructed of a relatively hard material that increases the lifespan of the sealing member. The sealing member is energized with a canted-coil spring, which in some embodiments includes an adjustable spring force. The... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20110037235 - Seal ring: Sandwiching of a foreign matter between a seal ring and a housing is suppressed, and abrasion of the housing and the seal ring is suppressed. The size of the diameter of a second seal portion 3 is set to be larger than the size d2 of the diameter of an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20110037236 - Full contact flexible seal assembly for heat exchanger: A seal assembly for a regenerative heat exchanger can include a sealing member with a mounting base and a flexible contact portion having a contact edge that resiliently contacts a sector plate of the heat exchanger housing when the seal assembly is mounted to the heat exchanger. The seal assembly... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20110031698 - Hermetic seal: A seal design provides positive compression to produce a hermetic seal around a feedthrough pin in a hermetically sealed device, including an implantable medical device. One embodiment of the seal design uses a plurality of “micro-flanges” placed along the length of a feedthrough pin, which micro-flanges grabs and compresses the... Agent: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20110031699 - Formable sealant barrier: In another embodiment of the present invention, an assembly for HPHT processing comprises a can with an opening, a powder mixture is disposed within the opening, a substrate disposed within the opening adjacent and above the powder mixture, a formable sealant barrier is disposed within the opening above the substrate,... Agent: Tyson J. Wilde Novatek International, Inc.

20110031700 - Seal assembly for a pressure plate in a blowout preventer: A seal assembly for a sealing a pressure plate against an opening in a blowout preventer body, has a seal groove formed in the pressure plate and a seal in the seal groove. The seal groove has a first groove portion adjacent to a sealing face of the blowout preventer,... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20110031701 - Seal: A seal to seal a gap between a rotatable component (4, 18) and a non-rotatable component comprises: A fastening section adapted to be fixedly mounted in relation to the non-rotatable component, a sleeve-like section (3) adapted to be mounted around the rotatable component (4, 18), a resilient section (7) between... Agent: Skf Usa Inc.

20110031702 - Polyimide resin gaskets for diss outlet valves: Gaskets made of a polyimide resin material for use in DISS valve connections are disclosed. Polyimide resin gaskets are relatively low cost and can be used in all types of operations requiring DISS connections. Polyimide gaskets exhibit negligible creep and can be used for long periods of time without significant... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20110031703 - Seal structure: In order to provide excellent waterproofness at a low manufacturing cost to a seal structure comprising a housing to which a flexible wiring board (1) is inserted and a seal member (3) integrally formed on said flexible wiring board (1) for hermetically sealing a gap between said housing and said... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20110031704 - Segmented gaskets: A segmented gasket is formed from two or more gasket segments arranged end-to-end. In one embodiment, the end portions of the gasket segments overlap a predetermined amount to define a region of overlap having a thickness greater than the thickness of the individual gasket segments. An embossed region extends along... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20110031705 - Articulating seal: A known gland 11 includes first and second members 12 and 13. Prior art seals 33 (FIGS. 1A and 1B), 40 (FIG. 2A and 2B) or 50 (FIG. 3) can be used to seal the gland 11. Also, a novel, double acting, over center cone, articulating compression seal 60 (FIGS.... Agent: John Molnar Jr.

20110031706 - Seal part: A seal part having a base material, a porous coating layer formed by flame spraying a hard material on a seal surface of the base material, and a lubricating film containing one or more types of materials selected from silver, gold, and tin and a gold-cobalt alloy on the porous... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20110024987 - Mechanical seal assembly for a rotatable shaft: A mechanical seal assembly for a rotatable shaft is disclosed. In one embodiment, the mechanical seal assembly comprises a first sealing element configured to surround a rotatable shaft, the first sealing element including an annular plate, and a plurality of annular rings that protrude from the annular plate in a... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20110024988 - Method of sealing a leak: The present invention relates to a method of sealing a leak, comprising 5 introducing a sealing mixture to a leak site, the sealing mixture comprising at least one elastomeric sealing element and a non-Newtonian fluid. The present invention also relates to sealing mixtures comprising at least one elastomeric sealing element... Agent: Winstead PC

20110024989 - Dynamic seal: A dynamic shaft seal assembly is provided including a dynamic seal for engaging a rotary shaft. The dynamic seal includes a base portion that is mounted within a casing and has an axially extending barrel portion extending from a radially inner end of the base portion. The axially extending barrel... Agent: Freudenberg-nok General Partnership Legal Department

20110024990 - Dynamic seal: A dynamic shaft seal assembly is provided including a dynamic seal for engaging a rotary shaft. The dynamic seal includes a base portion that is mounted within a casing and has an axially extending barrel portion extending from a radially inner end of the base portion. The axially extending barrel... Agent: Freudenberg-nok General Partnership Legal Department

20110024992 - Cylinder head gasket: A cylinder head gasket is installed in an open-deck engine. The cylinder head gasket includes a first metal plate, a second metal plate having an inner portion disposed on a folded portion of the first metal plate and an outer portion outside the folded portion, an annular bead plate, and... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20110024991 - Metallic flat gasket and manufacturing method: Flat gaskets and in particular cylinder head gaskets for use in internal combustion engines include a metallic base support having at least one bead. The base support is made of steel comprising 0.50-1.30 wt % C, max. 3.0 wt % Si, max. 3.0 wt % Mn, max. 0.035 wt %... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20110024993 - Gasket and mandrel assembly for pipe joints: A gasket and mandrel assembly, including a gasket having an annular main body portion with an anchor flange and a pipe sealing portion. The gasket is foldable between a folded position in which the pipe sealing portion is disposed substantially within the main body portion and an unfolded position in... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20110024994 - Seal having a large compression range: The invention relates to a seal (1) designed to be inserted between a cowl (51) of a rear section of a nacelle and a turbojet of an aircraft propulsion unit. Said seal (1) includes a cylindrical portion (2) and at least one lip (3) extending radially from a generatrix of... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP

20110024995 - Pressure seal: A seal is provided that restricts movement of adjacent parts when in a high pressure environment while allowing relative movement of adjacent parts when in non-high pressure environment.... Agent: Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center Office Of Counsel

20110024996 - Cold static gasket for complex geometrical sealing applications: A gasket assembly (20) and method for forming the gasket assembly (20) for sealing two mating surfaces (46,48) over a complex geometrical contact region. The gasket assembly (20) is formed by a hollow silicone rubber tube (22) having a naturally straight configuration but easily bent into complex configurations without kinking.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC