IP Library Granted Patent US 10,161,522
Granted Patent B2
US 10,161,522 · App. 13/973,329 · Granted Dec 25, 2018

Sealing ring

Inventors: Francois Colineau (Weinheim, DE); Guenter Hintenlang (Abtsteinach, DE); Thomas Klenk (Dossenheim, DE)
Assignee: Carl Freudenberg KG
F16J15/002F16J15/064F16J15/3232
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Patent No.
US 10,161,522
App. No.
13/973,329
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seal assembly having a sealing ring, including at least one dynamically stressed sealing lip ( 1 ) and a buffer seal ( 2 ), which is arranged adjacent to the sealing lip ( 1 ) at an axial distance ( 3 ) therefrom, wherein the buffer seal ( 2 ) is made of an electrically conductive material, and wherein the sealing lip ( 1 ) and the buffer seal ( 2 ) are adjacent to and in contact with a surface ( 5 ) to be sealed of a first machine element ( 6 ) to be sealed, wherein the first machine element ( 6 ) to be sealed is arranged adjacent to a second machine element ( 8 ) at a radial distance ( 7 ) therefrom, wherein the sealing ring ( 1 ) is arranged in the a gap ( 9 ) formed by the radial distance ( 7 ), wherein the first ( 6 ) and second machine elements ( 8 ) are in contact with the buffer seal ( 2 ) in an electrically conductive manner.

Claims (6)

1. A sealing assembly, comprising at least one dynamically stressed sealing lip ( 1 ) and a buffer seal ( 2 ), which is formed as a separate member from the sealing lip and disposed adjacent to the sealing lip ( 1 ) at an axial distance ( 3 ) therefrom, wherein the buffer seal ( 2 ) is made of an electrically conductive material including a non-woven fabric.

2. The sealing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the electrically conductive material of the buffer seal ( 2 ) includes PTFE.

3. The sealing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer seal ( 2 ) is embodied as circular.

4. The sealing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing lip ( 1 ) is made of an elastomeric material.

5. The sealing assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a dirt lip ( 4 ) is arranged axially between the sealing lip ( 1 ) and the buffer seal ( 2 ) within the axial distance ( 3 ).

6. The sealing assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the dirt lip ( 4 ) and the sealing lip ( 1 ) are embodied as transitioning into one another as a single integral piece and as materially uniform.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2013
From: COLINEAU, FRANCOIS; HINTENLANG, GUENTER; KLENK, THOMAS, DR.
To: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
Reel/Frame 031063/0194 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 000 982 · Jan 22, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140203514A1 · Jul 24, 2014
Cited By (1)
US 12,658,645