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Number: 277
Name: Seal for a joint or juncture >
Description: This is the generic class for a sealing means or a process of using a seal to act at a joint or juncture of adjacent parts to oppose passage of a fluid. The sealing means or process: (1) closes a space formed between or (2) deflects the fluid away from the joint or juncture by using the fluid, another fluid, or an article.


Class Number Class Name No. of Patents
277/914

Backup seal for failure of primary seal

55
277/922

Bonding or joining for manufacture of seal

117
277/923

Shrink-fitting for the assembly of seal

12
277/921

Closure or weather strip seal

204
277/924

Deformation, material removal, or molding for manufacture of seal

171
277/910

O-ring seal

422
277/907

Passageway in rod or shaft

56
277/300

Process of dynamic sealing

32
277/301

Close proximity seal (e.g., contactless, fluent, etc.)

21
277/305

Floating ring or bushing

9
277/304

Formed by pressurized sealing fluid introduced to form barrier

24
277/303

Labyrinth

52
277/302

Magnetic

22
277/308

Contained or compressed by gland member in packing box

23
277/311

Flexible ring

26
277/309

Peripheral radially sealing flexible projection (e.g., lip, piston cup seal, etc.)

54
277/310

Piston ring for internal combustion engine

4
277/306

Relatively rotatable radially extending sealing face member (e.g., face, mechanical, etc.)

47
277/307

Formed by flexible projection

15
277/312

Process of static sealing

90
277/313

Between parts of internal combustion engine

38
277/316

Forming in place (i.e., in situ)

104
277/314

Pipe, conduit, or cable

150
277/315

Using flexible sleeve, boot, or diaphragm

26
277/590

Seal between fixed parts or static contact against relatively movable parts

94
277/591

Contact seal between parts of internal combustion engine

251
277/600

Covering member or eyelet for opening

53
277/601

Covering fire ring or sealing formation

80
277/593

Having compression limiting feature

192
277/599

Having flow restrictor

18
277/598

Having installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature

185
277/597

Heat dissipating, cooling, or insulating feature

34
277/592

Particular coating or layer of sealing material

212
277/594

Particular dimensions or configuration of sealing bead or formation

144
277/596

Elastomeric

107
277/595

Metallic

247
277/602

Contact seal for a pipe, conduit, or cable

113
277/604

Allows rolling or folding

50
277/606

And wall

280
277/616

Having associated mounting or retaining feature

334
277/619

Axially related backing ring

68
277/624

And seal secure together

22
277/620

Clamping gland

37
277/621

Particular axially acting feature

37
277/622

Threaded gland

47
277/623

Particular gland shape

17
277/618

Axially related or embedded coil spring

19
277/617

Molded or cast into the pipe, conduit, or cable

60
277/625

Particular and located on the pipe, conduit, or cable

110
277/615

Having axially spaced projections

144
277/605

Hollow, fluid-filled, or inflatable

104
277/608

Inserted between end-to-end pipe, conduit, or cable joint

202
277/614

Each end has recess for the seal

108
277/611

Extrusion preventing (i.e., antiextrusion) or compression limiting feature

42
277/609

Having installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature

159
277/612

Having plural projections

74
277/613

Hose coupling

12
277/610

Spirally wound structure

37
277/627

Particular seal material or construction

344
277/626

Particular seal shape

476
277/603

Plural interfitting seal members for installation on the individual joined pipes, conduits, or cables

78
277/607

Sleeve type

143
277/628

Contact seal for other than internal combustion engine, or pipe, conduit, or cable

181
277/634

Flexible sleeve, boot, or diaphragm

211
277/635

Dome-, cup-, or bell-shaped, or for ball joint

112
277/636

Tubular or frustoconical shape having corrugated wall portion

271
277/630

Having installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature

260
277/637

Having particular associated mounting or retaining feature

446
277/640

Anchoring feature extending through seal

88
277/639

Compression limiting feature

44
277/638

Extrusion preventing (i.e., antiextrusion) structure

43
277/641

Groove structure on the seal or part

258
277/642

Channel-shaped

122
277/643

Single seat formed by plural recesses

79
277/629

Magnetic

27
277/644

Particular cross-sectional seal profile

432
277/647

C-, u-, or v-shaped

178
277/645

Hollow or filled chamber

160
277/646

Inflatable

118
277/648

Plural projections along sealing surface

121
277/649

Plural projections along opposite sealing surfaces

85
277/650

Particular sealing material or construction

427
277/652

Distinct sheath or covering

152
277/653

Metal

57
277/651

Embedded reinforcement

158
277/654

Plural layers

172
277/632

Segmented periphery

35
277/633

Spirally wound structure

23
277/631

Split including end joining structure

32
277/345

Seal between relatively movable parts (i.e., dynamic seal)

237
277/355

Brush seal

267
277/433

Centrifugal force affects change in displacement, shape, or contact

43
277/500

Circumferential contact seal for other than piston

283
277/503

Accommodates gyratory or oscillatory motion

40
277/506

Arcuate bearing surface

9
277/507

Partially spherical

41
277/508

Axially spring biased

4
277/509

Coaxial spring

6
277/504

Flexible connection between seal and another part

41
277/505

Oscillates perpendicularly to axis of motion

28
277/501

And magnetic bias

8
277/510

Contained or compressed by gland member in packing box

59
277/542

Consisting of loose-fill type packing

3
277/512

Fluid introducer or director

49
277/517

Between packing boxes

9
277/514

Drain, pressure relief, or vent

24
277/513

External device or system

24
277/515

Passage through axial facing surface

5
277/516

Spacer between seals (e.g., lantern ring, etc.)

58
277/511

Having installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature

78
277/529

Having particular cross-sectional seal profile

58
277/530

C-, m-, u-, v-, x-, or z-shaped

98
277/531

Wedging surface

22
277/532

Made of elastomer or plastic

24
277/533

Segmented

2
277/528

Helically coiled packing

11
277/520

Particular gland feature

61
277/526

Externally threaded

15
277/524

Eye or t-type bolt

6
277/525

Internally threaded

5
277/521

Segmented

4
277/522

Spring bias

29
277/523

Disposed about external bolt or stud

29
277/534

Particular seal material or construction

26
277/535

Composite

17
277/538

Distinct sheath or covering

22
277/536

Fibrous component

24
277/537

Braided, woven, or twisted

43
277/540

Elastomer or plastic

70
277/539

Graphite

60
277/541

Metal

17
277/518

Plural distinct packing boxes

28
277/519

Segmented packing boxes

4
277/527

Wear sleeve

13
277/585

Elongated sleeve or bushing

64
277/584

Extrusion preventing (i.e., antiextrusion) structure

138
277/502

For valve stem in internal combustion engine

54
277/578

Having circumferentially adjustable biasing element

18
277/579

Having floating ring or bushing (i.e., circumferentially contacting)

32
277/583

Inflatable seal or seal biased by inflatable member

44
277/582

Made of elastomer or plastic

40
277/580

Radially translatable in groove

28
277/581

And biased

31
277/549

Peripheral radially sealing flexible projection (e.g., lip seal, etc.)

269
277/553

Bias feature other than nominal garter spring

100
277/557

Axially extending helical or spiral spring

8
277/554

Embedded spring

29
277/556

Material other than metal

53
277/558

Particular fluid pressure responsive bias

86
277/555

Radially extending finger spring

27
277/560

Dimensional aspect of the flexible projection (e.g., angle, length, radius, thickness, etc.)

197
277/551

Having installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature

222
277/552

Having pressure relief or venting feature

104
277/559

Hydrodynamic sealing feature

175
277/561

Intermediate flexible bending portion

48
277/569

Lining or insert

73
277/570

Made entirely of fluorocarbon material

93
277/550

Made of metal or is a scraper

75
277/572

Particular mounting, frame, casing, or reinforcement feature

247
277/573

Peripheral mounting static seal

67
277/574

Protrusion or bead cross-sectional profile

75
277/576

Secured by clamping

34
277/577

By distinct members

64
277/575

Secured by molding or bonding

100
277/562

Plural peripheral radially sealing flexible projections

239
277/564

Having insert between the flexible projections

23
277/563

Having interposed fluid receiver or director

108
277/565

On radial facing side of single seal

270
277/566

Both radial sides of the single seal (e.g., x-shaped, y-shaped, etc.)

63
277/568

Including an excluder or wiper

63
277/567

Radially facing u or v cross-sectional profile

19
277/571

Wear sleeve

106
277/589

Radially backed by resilient or elastomeric member

131
277/587

Seated in groove having oblique wall

42
277/586

Seated in groove having stepped walls

23
277/543

Segmented ring

51
277/544

Having pressure balancing or radial bias reduction feature

17
277/546

Particular segment end structure

16
277/547

Interfitting projection and recess

17
277/548

Plural complementary interfitting rings

12
277/545

Radial biasing spring element other than nominal garter spring

34
277/409

Close proximity seal (e.g., contactless, fluent, etc.)

97
277/431

Formed by pressurized sealing fluid introduced to form barrier

172
277/432

External device or system

79
277/411

Gap or clearance

182
277/422

Floating ring or bushing

104
277/412

Labyrinth

259
277/414

Formed by cellular pockets (e.g., honeycomb, etc.)

51
277/417

Formed by multiple washers

17
277/418

Formed by plural grooves or projections on opposing surfaces

44
277/419

Interfitting or overlapping

110
277/420

And axially oriented

78
277/413

Having adjustable member

60
277/421

Having installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature

77
277/415

Having wear resistant, abradable, or ablative member

82
277/416

Segmented

51
277/423

Impeller (e.g., slinger, etc.)

107
277/425

And static sealing means affected by rotational movement

22
277/426

Actuated by counterweight

1
277/429

Fluid collector or receiver

45
277/427

Forms centrifugal liquid barrier

28
277/428

Having cup or chamber inside the impeller or another rotating member

11
277/430

Helical groove or thread on axially extending surface

86
277/424

Rib or groove on radial extending surface

59
277/410

Magnetic

182
277/346

Diverse and distinct dynamic seals

55
277/353

And circumferential peripheral radially sealing flexible projection (e.g., lip seal, etc.)

134
277/347

Close proximity seal (e.g., contactless, fluent, etc.)

86
277/350

And circumferential contact seal

64
277/351

Peripheral radially sealing flexible projection (e.g., lip seal, etc.)

97
277/348

And relatively rotatable radially extending contacting sealing members (e.g., face, mechanical, etc.)

94
277/349

And circumferential peripheral radially sealing flexible projection (e.g., lip seal, etc.)

50
277/352

Relatively rotatable radially extending contacting sealing members (e.g., face, mechanical, etc.)

53
277/356

For journal box (e.g., railway car journal, etc.)

5
277/357

For rotary piston

57
277/354

Helically threaded part

26
277/434

Piston ring or piston ring expander or seat therefor

127
277/447

Floating piston ring

21
277/448

Material other than metal

23
277/435

Having installation, removal assembly, disassembly, or repair feature

44
277/467

Particular piston ring expander

67
277/470

Adjustable loading feature

8
277/472

Annular expander nested in annular groove of the piston ring

22
277/474

And contacting surfaces therebetween are complementary

10
277/475

Having more than one pair of such surfaces

9
277/473

Between piston rings

9
277/476

Inclined or beveled groove contacting expander having dissimilar contour

8
277/486

Bias feature adjoining opposed ends of split or segmented piston ring

6
277/469

Bias limiting feature

6
277/482

Circumferentially spaced separately seated radially acting bias feature

6
277/483

Disposed in socket or about pin

4
277/488

For axially adjacent piston rings

19
277/484

Radially extending tongue formed from expander

6
277/487

Segmented

5
277/468

Separate and other than metal

47
277/477

Slotted or undulating circular band including inclined or axially facing seat for the piston ring

9
277/478

Axially spaced axially facing seats

9
277/480

Circular band having axially displaced undulations

10
277/479

Circular band having radially displaced undulations

19
277/481

U-shaped circular band radially directed either inwardly or outwardly throughout its circumference

11
277/471

Thermal expansion feature

6
277/485

Undulating periphery providing axially extending face against inner perimeter of the piston ring

7
277/449

Particular piston seat

39
277/455

Arcuate wall

10
277/456

Coating, treatment, or wall insert

19
277/457

Having passageway for fluid return, pressure relief, or venting

26
277/450

Helical form

2
277/452

Oblique wall

30
277/453

More than one oblique wall

32
277/454

Having parallel walls

3
277/451

Stepped walls

32
277/466

Piston ring displays twisting or torsion

26
277/436

Piston ring having peripheral radially sealing flexible projection (e.g., piston cup, etc.)

95
277/438

Having c, u, or v cross-sectional profile

31
277/439

Axially facing cup

41
277/437

Having particular mounting, retaining, or supporting feature

78
277/458

Piston ring having single piece noncircular or multiturn (e.g., helical, spiral, oblong, elliptical, polygonal, etc.) shape

8
277/459

Piston ring including exposed port, slot, pocket, groove, channel, recess, or bevel

22
277/460

Circumferential groove, channel, recess, or bevel

41
277/461

Axially spaced

10
277/462

Ports

7
277/463

Ports

15
277/464

Circumferentially spaced ports

11
277/465

Circumferentially spaced slots, pockets, grooves, channels, recesses, or bevels

22
277/440

Piston ring surface of dissimilar material or hardness

30
277/441

Insert

18
277/442

Surface coating, plating, or impregnation

51
277/444

Chromium

43
277/443

Nitrided

45
277/445

Rotation limiting feature (i.e., antirotation)

13
277/446

Between rings

19
277/489

Sectional piston ring structure

14
277/491

C, l, t, u, v, or z cross-sectional profile

10
277/492

Three or more sections

3
277/490

Eccentric or variable thickness component ring

11
277/493

Segmented piston ring

15
277/494

Separate bridging piece for gap in piston ring

5
277/495

Secured to end

1
277/496

Split single piece piston ring having opposed asymmetrical mirrored ends

18
277/497

Arcuate or beveled mating surfaces

13
277/498

Split single piece piston ring having other than opposed asymmetrical mirrored ends

10
277/499

Arcuate or beveled mating surfaces

14
277/358

Relatively rotatable radially extending sealing face member (e.g., face, mechanical, etc.)

103
277/398

Eccentric, gyratory, or oscillatory motion

84
277/370

Installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature

160
277/371

Unitized seal assembly (e.g., cartridge, etc.)

69
277/372

Having rotation prevention (i.e., antirotation) feature for the sealing face member

50
277/373

Lug or rib

28
277/375

Mounted in housing or casing

57
277/376

Snap fit into groove

10
277/374

Retains opposed sealing face members

57
277/408

Introduction, circulation, or removal of fluid

268
277/404

Made of particular material

72
277/405

Ceramic

44
277/407

Elastomeric or plastic

131
277/406

Metal

48
277/361

Multiple sealing faces (e.g., double seals, etc.)

110
277/364

Concentric and radially spaced

59
277/362

Floating intermediate sealing face member

50
277/363

Including an outwardly axial biasing member

10
277/368

Housing mounted sealing face members biased axially away from each other

33
277/369

Housing mounted sealing face members biased axially towards each other

67
277/366

Shaft mounted sealing face members biased axially away from each other

51
277/367

Shaft mounted sealing face members biased axially towards each other

45
277/365

Three or more

48
277/377

Particular axial biasing feature

92
277/387

Fluid pressure

127
277/389

And bellows or diaphragm

36
277/388

Creates counter pressure

42
277/378

Magnetic

16
277/379

Particular spring feature

89
277/385

Arrangement or location

39
277/386

Radially biasing member creates axial bias

14
277/383

Imbedded in another material

18
277/380

Made of elastomeric material

71
277/381

Frustoconical shape

25
277/382

O-ring shape

61
277/384

Washerlike shape

66
277/399

Particular sealing face member configuration

320
277/403

Angled or tapered sealing face

70
277/402

Flexible projection (e.g., lip seal, etc.)

371
277/401

Fluid passage to the sealing face

85
277/400

Hydrodynamic feature

166
277/390

Particular secondary mounting seal or driving connection

161
277/396

Axially compressed packing

27
277/391

Flexible sleeve, boot, or diaphragm

112
277/392

Between sealing face member and shaft or part relating to shaft

61
277/393

Particular connecting feature to sealing face member

34
277/397

Frictionally engaged or interfitting projection and recess

90
277/394

Peripheral radially sealing flexible projection (e.g., lip seal, etc.)

57
277/395

U- or v-shaped cross-sectional profile

25
277/359

Temperature responsive feature

24
277/360

Accommodates or prevents thermal distortion

20
277/918

Seal combined with filter or fluid separator

91
277/317

Seal combined with indicator, sampler, or inspection feature

80
277/320

Fluid leakage

94
277/318

Fluid pressure

44
277/319

Fluid temperature

17
277/321

Wear, proper seating, or presence

57
277/911

Seal combined with nominal motion transmitting device

21
277/912

Spline connection

29
277/929

Seal feature where change in operation or condition induces additional leakage control

47
277/906

Seal for article of indefinite length (e.g., strip, sheet, etc.)

79
277/913

Seal for fluid pressure below atmospheric (e.g., vacuum, etc.)

89
277/903

Seal for rotating kiln or drum

60
277/902

Seal for sterling engine

40
277/908

Seal for use in rotating and reciprocating arrangement

26
277/322

Seal for well apparatus

110
277/335

Axially facing packing cup

20
277/336

For below ground apparatus

166
277/337

Longitudinally actuated packer

30
277/338

Packing sleeve

19
277/339

Expanded by wedging member

23
277/340

Particular wall structure

23
277/341

Reinforcing feature

12
277/342

Plural stacked rings

50
277/324

For overpressure control device (e.g., seal for a blowout preventer, etc.)

27
277/327

Axially compressed ring

30
277/326

Rotatable

24
277/325

Segmented radially actuated (e.g., ram type, etc.)

70
277/331

Inflatable packer

30
277/333

And inflating medium control

38
277/332

Deforms radially inward

9
277/334

Particular wall structure

47
277/323

Installation, removal, assembly, disassembly, or repair feature

23
277/328

Longitudinally actuated packer for above ground apparatus

46
277/329

Contained or compressed by gland member in packing box

51
277/330

For line or cable

18
277/343

Seal (e.g., wiper, oil saver, stripper, etc.) accommodates irregular size of inner part

31
277/344

Segmented radially actuated packer (e.g., oil saver, gas saver, etc.) for above ground apparatus

3
277/915

Seal including compression set feature

10
277/919

Seal including electrical feature

93
277/920

Seal including electromagnetic shielding feature

105
277/927

Seal including fluid pressure differential feature

85
277/926

Seal including fluid pressure equalizing or balancing feature

68
277/917

Seal including frangible feature

61
277/930

Seal including heating or cooling feature

204
277/928

Seal including pressure relief or vent feature

154
277/931

Seal including temperature responsive feature

91
277/932

Bi-metallic

8
277/933

Chemical reaction or physical change of state

51
277/916

Seal including vibration dampening feature

76
277/935

Seal made of a particular material

33
277/943

Ceramic or glass

50
277/936

Composite

109
277/938

Carbon or graphite particle or filament

82
277/937

Glass particles or filament

52
277/939

Containing metal

39
277/940

Alloy

52
277/941

Aluminum or copper

45
277/942

Silver or gold

16
277/944

Elastomer or plastic

203
277/945

Containing fluorine

41
277/946

Ptfe "teflon"

138
277/934

Seal swells when wet

26
277/909

Similar sealing structures for mounting on piston and about rod

22
277/925

Snap fit feature for mounting or assembly of seal

50
277/905

T-shaped or i-shaped ring member including seal on a side

19
277/904

Viscous seal

40
 
 
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