Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sealing structures and valve assemblies including the sealing structures
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Application No.: US15405195Application Date: 2017-01-12
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Publication No.: US10533666B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Christopher C. Veto , Gary David Grayson
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: D'Ascenzo Intellectual Property Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: F16K1/46
- IPC: F16K1/46 ; F16J15/06

Abstract:
Sealing structures and valve assemblies including the sealing structures. The sealing structures include a first body, which defines a first surface. The sealing structures also include a second body, which defines a second surface. The second body also defines a gland, which extends into the second body from the second surface, defines a gland opening on the second surface, and is free of both a tool entry point and a tool exit point. The second body further defines a retention structure projecting partially across the gland. The sealing structure also includes a resilient sealing body positioned within the gland. The retention structure retains the resilient sealing body within the gland, and the resilient sealing body forms a fluid seal between the first body and the second body when the resilient sealing body is brought into pressing engagement with both the first surface and the gland.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180355982A1 SEALING STRUCTURES AND VALVE ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING THE SEALING STRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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