Sealing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10359114-B2
Application number	US-201715680190-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 17, 2017
Priority date	Feb 20, 2013
Publication date	Jul 23, 2019
Grant date	Jul 23, 2019

Abstract

A sealing device includes a seal ring 200 made of resin which is in close contact with a side wall surface on a low pressure side of an annular groove 410, and slides against an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in a housing 500 through which a shaft 400 is inserted. A metal spring 300 presses the seal ring 200 toward an outer peripheral surface side, wherein a concave portion 220 is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the seal ring 200 which extends from an end portion on a high pressure side of the outer peripheral surface to a position which does not reach an end portion on a low pressure side of the outer peripheral surface, and introduces a fluid from the high pressure side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sealing system
comprising:
a housing having a shaft hole disposed therein;
a shaft rotatably disposed in the bore in the housing and including an annular groove in an outer periphery;
a seal ring disposed in the annular groove and sealing an annular gap between the shaft and the housing, the seal ring being made of resin and being in close contact with a side wall surface on a low pressure side of the annular groove, wherein the seal ring slides against an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole in the housing through which the shaft is inserted; and
a metal spring which is provided along an inner peripheral surface of the seal ring in a state in which a gap is formed between the metal spring and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove, and presses the seal ring toward an outer peripheral surface side, wherein
a concave portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the seal ring which extends from an end portion on a high pressure side of the outer peripheral surface to a position which does not reach an end portion on a low pressure side of the outer peripheral surface, and introduces a fluid from the high pressure side,
a plurality of circumferentially spaced guide portions which position the metal spring in an axial direction are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the seal ring, the guide portions being provided on a side of one of two side surfaces of the seal ring and on a side of another of the two side surfaces thereof so as to be provided on both sides of the metal spring and the guide portions extending radially inward from the inner peripheral surface of the seal ring, and
a plurality of protrusions which prevent the metal spring from being detached to an inner peripheral surface side is provided at a respective tip of each of the guide portions, the protrusions being provided such that they protrude in the axial direction and the protrusion provided at the guide portion provided on a side of one of the two side surfaces of the seal ring protrudes toward a side of another of the two side surfaces thereof.

2. The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein a convex portion which extends in the circumferential direction is provided at a center in a width direction on the outer peripheral surface of the seal ring, and a portion closer to the high pressure side than the convex portion is the concave portion.

3. A sealing system
comprising:
a housing having a shaft hole disposed therein;
a shaft rotatably disposed in the bore in the housing and including an annular groove in an outer periphery;
a seal ring disposed in the annular groove and sealing an annular gap between the shaft and the housing, the seal ring being made of resin and being in close contact with a side wall surface on a low pressure side of the annular groove, wherein the seal ring slides against an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole in the housing through which the shaft is inserted; and
a metal spring which is provided along an inner peripheral surface of the seal ring in a state in which a gap is formed between the metal spring and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove, and presses the seal ring toward an outer peripheral surface side, wherein
a concave portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the seal ring which extends from an end portion on a high pressure side of the outer peripheral surface to a position which does not reach an end portion on a low pressure side of the outer peripheral surface, and introduces a fluid from the high pressure side, and
an abutment portion is provided at one position on the seal ring in a circumferential direction, and protrusions which restrict a movement of the metal spring in the circumferential direction are provided on the inner peripheral surface on both sides of the abutment portion, the protrusions extending radially inward from the inner peripheral surface of the seal ring.

4. The sealing device according to claim 3 , wherein a convex portion which extends in the circumferential direction is provided at a center in a width direction on the outer peripheral surface of the seal ring, and a portion closer to the high pressure side than the convex portion is the concave portion.

5. A sealing system
comprising:
a housing having a shaft hole disposed therein;
a shaft rotatably disposed in the bore in the housing and including an annular groove in an outer periphery;
a seal ring disposed in the annular groove and sealing an annular gap between the shaft and the housing, the seal ring being made of resin and being in close contact with a side wall surface on a low pressure side of the annular groove, wherein the seal ring slides against an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole in the housing through which the shaft is inserted; and
a metal spring which is provided along an inner peripheral surface of the seal ring in a state in which a gap is formed between the metal spring and a groove bottom surface of the annular groove, and presses the seal ring toward an outer peripheral surface side, wherein
a concave portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the seal ring which extends from an end portion on a high pressure side of the outer peripheral surface to a position which does not reach an end portion on a low pressure side of the outer peripheral surface, and introduces a fluid from the high pressure side,
a plurality of circumferentially spaced guide portions which position the metal spring in an axial direction are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the seal ring, the guide portions being provided on a side of one of two side surfaces of the seal ring and on a side of another of the two side surfaces thereof so as to be provided on both sides of the metal spring and the guide portions extending radially inward from the inner peripheral surface of the seal ring, and
a plurality of first protrusions which prevent the metal spring from being detached to an inner peripheral surface side are provided at a respective tip of each of the guide portions, the protrusions being provided such that they protrude in the axial direction and the protrusion provided at the guide portion provided on a side of one of the two side surfaces of the seal ring protrudes toward a side of another of the two side surfaces thereof, and
an abutment portion is provided at one position on the seal ring in a circumferential direction, and
second protrusions which restrict a movement of the metal spring in the circumferential direction are provided on the inner peripheral surface on both sides of the abutment portion, the second protrusions extending radially inward from the inner surface of the seal ring.

6. The sealing device according to claim 5 , wherein a convex portion which extends in the circumferential direction is provided at a center in a width direction on the outer peripheral surface of the seal ring, and a portion closer to the high pressure side than the convex portion is the concave portion.

Assignees

• Nok Corp

Inventors

• Seki Kazunari
• Watanabe Koji

Classifications

• F16J15/164

  the sealing action depending on movements; pressure difference, temperature or presence of leaking fluid · CPC title

• F16J15/441

  with floating ring · CPC title

• F16J15/24 Primary

  with radially or tangentially compressed packing · CPC title