US 12,072,026 B2
High pressure seal assembly
Jordan J. Hopkins, Seattle, WA (US); Ethan E. Romanoff, Bonney Lake, WA (US); Thomas W. Sizemore, Tacoma, WA (US); and Mark F. Huntley, Olympia, WA (US)
Assigned to Shape Technologies Group, Inc., Kent, WA (US)
Filed by Shape Technologies Group, Inc., Kent, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/732,323.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/182,670, filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349476 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F16J 15/32 (2016.01); F16J 15/3268 (2016.01)
CPC F16J 15/3268 (2013.01) 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seal assembly comprising:
a seal body that extends from a first end to a second end along a direction, the seal body including a groove formed at least in part by an energizer abutment surface, the seal body further including a lateral distance, wherein the lateral distance is a minimum dimension measured from the energizer abutment surface to the first end along the direction; and
an energizer seated within the groove such that the energizer faces the energizer abutment surface, the energizer including an axial length, wherein the axial length is a maximum dimension of the energizer as measured along the direction,
wherein a ratio of the lateral distance to the axial length is greater than or equal to 0.400 and less than or equal to 1.7087.