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Apparatus and method for sealing off components with respect to a pressure difference reversal

US7862047B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MTU Aero Engines AG · DE

Inventors

Stefan Beichl · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE
Carsten Butz · Munich, DE
Christoph Cernay · Bruckmühl, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 2008
Grant date	Jan 4, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16J15/3288
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A brush seal for sealing off components movable relative to one another with respect to a pressure difference is disclosed. The brush seal having bristles which are arranged in a bristle housing which consists of two housing halves having free ends of legs which project into the area of the ends of the bristles, which legs carry mutually facing supporting surfaces for the bristles.

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