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Valve

US9970551B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Festo AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Michael Berner · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
Falk Rapke · Tübingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 5, 2013
Grant date	May 15, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 30, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/86694
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A valve, which has at least one seal ring arranged in a recess of a valve housing, which seal ring has a seal housing having a U-shaped cross-section, in which seal housing an annular sealing element is arranged. The seal housing has a multi-part design and contains at least one separate housing leg, which is fixed to an annular bottom section of the seal housing in a joining region. The sealing element has a static sealing section, which engages in a sealing groove formed in the bottom section and is suitable for interacting with the two groove flanks of the sealing groove in a sealing manner.

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