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Granted Patent B2
US 12,378,892 · App. 18/682,474 · Granted Aug 5, 2025

Sealing device with displaceable abutment

Inventors: Mirko Milazar (Oberhausen, DE); Matthew Gent (Jupiter, FL); Markus Raben (Recklinghausen, DE); Patrick M. Ritchie (Hobe Sound, FL); Stefan Wanjura (Oberhausen, DE); Kunyuan Zhou (Berlin, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
F01D11/005F16J15/0887F01D9/023F05D2240/55F05D2240/57F05D2260/38
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Patent No.
US 12,378,892
App. No.
18/682,474
Granted
Aug 5, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A flat shaped sealing device for sealing a gap between two parts having a sealing length and a sealing width from one side edge to the opposite side edge of at most 0.2-times the sealing length and having a sealing thickness from a bottom side to a top side of at most 0.2-times the sealing width. The sealing device includes a head section and an adjacent main section. The head section includes an abutment and a spring, wherein the abutment is displaceable towards the main section and the spring is therefore arranged between the abutment and the main section and is able to exert a force on the abutment.

Claims (36)

1. A sealing device, for sealing a gap between two parts, comprising:

a flat shape and extending along a longitudinal direction over a sealing length from a foot end to a head end and having a sealing width from one side edge to an opposite side edge of at most 0.2-times the sealing length and having a sealing thickness from a bottom side to a top side of at most 0.2-times the sealing width; and comprising a head section arranged at the head end and an adjacent main section spaced apart from the head end,

wherein the head section comprises an abutment and a spring, wherein the abutment is displaceable towards the main section, and wherein the spring is arranged between the abutment and the main section and is adapted to exert a force on the abutment.

2. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the length of the head section is at most 2-times the sealing width and at most 0.2-times the sealing length.

3. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the main section and/or the sealing device is linear along the longitudinal direction.

4. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a riffle structure is arranged at the bottom side of the main section.

5. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the spring has a meandering shape.

6. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the spring is firmly connected with the abutment and is supported by the main section; or

wherein the spring mounted between the abutment and the main section.

7. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the spring is firmly connected with the abutment and with the main section.

8. The sealing device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the spring is designed as a bending beam and is connected to the main section via a side edge, wherein a free end of the spring forms the abutment.

9. The sealing device according to claim 8 ,

wherein two springs are arranged opposite to each other each connected with the main section via a side edge, wherein the free end of each spring forms an abutment.

10. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the head section comprises a cover, which is arranged at the top side and is firmly connected with the main section and covers the spring.

11. The sealing device according to claim 10 ,

wherein a cover thickness of the cover is at most 0.3-times the sealing thickness; and/or

wherein the abutment protrudes beyond the cover at the head end.

12. The sealing device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the cover has a riffle structure according to a riffle structure of the main section; or

wherein the cover is flat on the top side.

13. The sealing device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the cover extends at both side edges down to the bottom side.

14. The sealing device according to claim 13 ,

wherein the cover provides a guide for the abutment, which has at least one locally increased cross section fitting into the guide enabling a sealing between the cover and the abutment.

15. The sealing device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the abutment has adjacent to the head end the sealing width and the sealing thickness.

16. The sealing device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the depth of the riffle structure is reduced.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2024
From: RABEN, MARKUS; WANJURA, STEFAN; ZHOU, KUNYUAN
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 066880/0136 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2024
From: MILAZAR, MIRKO
To: FTT DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 066880/0145 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2024
From: GENT, MATTHEW; RITCHIE, PATRICK M.
To: FLORIDA TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 066880/0148 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2024
From: FLORIDA TURBINE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 066880/0151 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2024
From: FTT DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 066880/0160 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 21201947 · Oct 11, 2021 · regional
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63234940 · Aug 19, 2021
Related Publication 20240353005A1 · Oct 24, 2024
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