US 12,000,486 B2
Seal and method of making and using the same
Michael D. Downes, Kirkland, WA (US); and Colby Stark, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Solon, OH (US)
Filed by SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION, Solon, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,015.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/261,960, filed on Oct. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0107265 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. F16J 15/32 (2016.01); F16J 15/3208 (2016.01); F16J 15/3236 (2016.01)
CPC F16J 15/3236 (2013.01) [F16J 15/3208 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seal comprising:
an annular jacket comprising a body comprising a first lip and a second lip defining an annular recess;
a circumferential spring disposed within the annular recess adjacent to one of the first lip and the second lip; and
a floating circumferential insert, wherein a radial biasing force on the first lip is decoupled from a radial biasing force on the second lip, wherein the annular jacket further comprises a second circumferential insert disposed within the annular recess adjacent to the other of the first lip and the second lip, wherein the annular recess comprises a void between the floating circumferential insert and the second circumferential insert.