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Sealing ring

US10161522B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Carl Freudenberg KG · DE

Inventors

Francois Colineau · Mengen, DE
Guenter Hintenlang · Weinheim, DE
Thomas Klenk · Dossenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 22, 2013
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 7, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16J15/3284
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

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.

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