US 11,946,546 B2
Elastomer seal spring
David Demaratos, Wixom, MI (US)
Assigned to J.S.T. CORPORATION, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed by J.S.T. CORPORATION, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,764.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/169,511, filed on Apr. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0316594 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. F16J 15/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01); H01R 13/652 (2006.01); H01R 13/6581 (2011.01); H01R 43/00 (2006.01); H01R 43/18 (2006.01)
CPC F16J 15/028 (2013.01) [F16J 15/024 (2013.01); F16J 15/025 (2013.01); H01R 13/5202 (2013.01); H01R 13/652 (2013.01); H01R 13/6581 (2013.01); H01R 43/005 (2013.01); H01R 43/18 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seal spring, comprising:
a side, said side having a surface;
a first face, said first face having a surface;
a second face, said second face having a surface;
an inner aperture, said inner aperture having a side wall;
an outer sealing portion, said outer sealing portion is located on a portion of said side and is formed by a portion of said surface of said side; and
an inner sealing portion, said inner sealing portion is located inside said inner aperture on a portion of said side wall,
wherein said inner aperture is a through-hole between said first and second faces, wherein said side wall has an angled portion substantially toward said first face, wherein said angled portion is tapered, wherein said angled portion is configured to be pressed by a substantially flexible tab of a first housing and said angled portion is configured to assert a spring-like force against a portion of said substantially flexible tab, said substantially flexible tab being flexed when said angled portion of said side wall of said seal spring contacts a tip, said portion, or a second surface of said tab, wherein said inner sealing portion is disproportionately located with respect to said first face and said second face and is substantially located toward said second face, wherein said outer sealing portion is disproportionately located with respect to said first face and said second face and is substantially located toward said second face, wherein said outer sealing portion is configured to be pressed by the first housing, wherein said inner sealing portion is configured to be pressed by a second housing, wherein said substantially flexible tab is configured to be pressed by said second housing, wherein said second housing being configured to be pressed by said substantially flexible tab, and wherein said seal spring is configured to be pressed by said first housing and said second housing, and
wherein said angled portion is axially spaced from said first face and radially spaced from said inner sealing portion.