Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balanced circumferential seal
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Application No.: US16657739Application Date: 2019-10-18
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Publication No.: US11448081B2Publication Date: 2022-09-20
- Inventor: Timothy R. Dyer , Abhijeet Shrestha
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Bachman & LaPointe, P.C.
- Main IPC: F01D11/00
- IPC: F01D11/00 ; F01D5/02 ; F02C7/28

Abstract:
A machine has: an outer member; an inner member mounted for rotation about an axis relative to the outer member; and a seal system. The seal system has: a seal housing mounted to the outer member; one or more seal rings held by the seal housing and having an inner diameter surface; and a seal runner mounted to the inner member and having a first outer diameter surface portion contacting or facing the inner diameter surface of the one or more seal rings. The seal runner has a circumferential array of mounting features. One or more weights are mounted to one or more of the mounting features.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210115805A1 Balanced Circumferential Seal Public/Granted day:2021-04-22
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