IP Library Granted Patent US 12663081
Granted Patent B2
US 12663081 · App. 18/716,004 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Sealing device

Inventors: Hiroshi Onodera (Fukushima, JP); Takayuki Aihara (Fukushima, JP)
Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
F16J15/3232
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12663081
App. No.
18/716,004
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sealing device is provided to achieve sealing between an outer-periphery-side member and an inner-periphery-side member that are able to relatively rotate, and includes: an outer seal member to be attached to the outer-periphery-side member; and an inner seal member to be attached to the inner-periphery-side member. The outer seal member includes an annular member that includes an inner tubular portion extending along an axis direction and a seal lip portion that slide-contacts the inner seal member on a side closer to an internal space than the annular member. The inner seal member includes an inner contact portion that includes a plurality of protrusions and slide-contacts the inner tubular portion. A length of a region of the inner contact portion where the plurality of protrusions are formed is longer than a minimum interval between facing portions of the outer seal member and the inner seal member.

Claims (23)

1 . A sealing device to achieve sealing between an outer-periphery-side member and an inner-periphery-side member that are able to relatively rotate, the sealing device comprising:

an outer seal member to be attached to the outer-periphery-side member; and

an inner seal member to be attached to the inner-periphery-side member,

wherein the outer seal member includes an annular member that includes an axially extending portion extending along an axial direction and a seal lip portion that slide-contacts the inner seal member on a side closer to an internal space than the annular member,

the inner seal member includes a contact portion that includes a plurality of protrusions and slide-contacts the axially extending portion,

the outer seal member and the inner seal member include at least one pair of facing portions on a side closer to an atmosphere than the seal lip portion and a side closer to an outer periphery than the axially extending portion, the facing portions facing each other at an interval in the axial direction, and

a length of a region of the contact portion where the plurality of protrusions are formed in the axial direction is longer than a minimum interval of the at least one facing portion,

the outer seal member integrally includes an inner tubular portion as the axially extending portion, an outer tubular portion disposed on a side closer to the outer periphery than the Inner tubular portion, and a connecting portion that connects the inner tubular portion and the outer tubular portion, and

the connecting portion is spaced apart from the inner sealing member in the axial direction.

2 . The sealing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the inner seal member integrally includes an inner contact portion as the contact portion that slide-contacts the inner tubular portion, an outer contact portion that slide-contacts the outer tubular portion, and a contact connecting portion that connects the inner contact portion and the outer contact portion, and

the connecting portion and the inner contact portion or the outer contact portion form the facing portion, and the contact connecting portion and the inner tubular portion or the outer tubular portion form the facing portion.

3 . The sealing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the contact connecting portion is formed into an annular shape, and

the inner contact portion and the outer contact portion extend from the contact connecting portion toward the side of the atmosphere.

4 . The sealing device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the inner contact portion slide-contacts the inner tubular portion from the inner periphery side, and

the outer contact portion slide-contacts the outer tubular portion from the inner periphery side.

5 . The sealing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the inner seal member includes a flange portion with an annular shape on a side closer to an internal space than the annular member and on the side closer to the atmosphere than the seal lip portion, and

the outer seal member includes an annular contact portion that includes a plurality of protrusions and slide-contacts the flange portion.

6 . The sealing device according to claim 5 , wherein the outer seal member includes a recessed portion with a recessed shape in the axial direction in a path from a space on the side of the atmosphere toward the annular contact portion.