Granted Patent B2

US 7,234,706 · App. 10/886,819 · Granted Jun 26, 2007

Abstract

Claims (28)

1. A seal comprising:

a first surface contacting a valve cover over a first fluid while a second surface, opposed to the first surface, contacts a seal seat;

a third surface contacting a sensor disposed in a second fluid, while a fourth surface, opposed to the third surface, contacts the seal seat;

wherein the seal separates the first fluid from the second fluid while preventing the first fluid and the second fluid from leaking through the valve cover, and wherein the seal seat is disposed the sensor on a component and is removable from the component without having to remove the valve cover.

2. The seal of claim 1 , wherein the first surface, the second surface, the third surface, and the fourth surface are concentric.

3. The seal of claim 1 , wherein the first surface, the second surface, the third surface, and the fourth surface are circular.

4. The seal of claim 1 , wherein an outer edge of the first surface and the third surface are in different substantially parallel planes.

5. The seal of claim 1 , further comprising a notch disposed between the first surface and the third surface.

6. The seal of claim 1 , further comprising at least one notch disposed between the second surface and the fourth surface.

7. The seal of claim 1 , wherein the valve cover is removable without having to remove the sensor.

8. The seal of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is an injection control pressure sensor.

9. The seal of claim 1 , wherein the seal is capable of preventing contaminants from outside the valve cover from entering the sensor.

10. A sealing system comprising:

a sealing seat disposed on a fluid rail, the sealing seat comprising:

a seal face having an outer perimeter and a cavity in fluid communication with a first fluid;

a lip disposed at the outer perimeter of the seal face;

a valve cover over a second fluid, the valve cover comprising a raised support member connected to a compression flange having an opening aligned with the cavity of the sealing seat such that a sensor is insertable through the opening and the cavity;

a seal comprising:

a top face comprising a first surface in contact with the compression flange and a second surface in contact with the sensor;

a bottom face comprising at least two surfaces in contact with the seal face and disposed radially inward of the lip;

wherein the seal separates the first fluid from the second fluid and prevents the first fluid and the second fluid from leaking out of the valve cover.

11. The sealing system of claim 10 , wherein a radially inner surface of the lip is chamfered.

12. The sealing system of claim 10 , wherein the top face of the seal further comprises a seal bead, wherein the first surface is disposed on the seal bead, wherein the second surface is separated into two surfaces by a notch, and wherein the first surface is on a plane that is substantially parallel to the two surfaces.

13. The sealing system of claim 10 , wherein the bottom surface of the seal comprises a third surface, wherein each of the three bottom face surfaces are separated by a notch.

14. The sealing system of claim 10 , wherein the seal is circular and is formed of a plurality of concentric surfaces on both sides of the seal, the plurality of concentric surfaces comprising the first surface and the second surface on the top face, and the at least two surfaces on the bottom face.

15. The seal of claim 10 , wherein the sensor is removable from the fluid rail without having to remove the valve cover.

16. The seal of claim 10 , wherein the valve cover Is removable without having to remove the sensor.

17. The seal of claim 10 , wherein the sensor is an injection control pressure sensor.

Assignments (12)