Gasket

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11592107-B2
Application number	US-201916568739-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2019
Priority date	Sep 12, 2018
Publication date	Feb 28, 2023
Grant date	Feb 28, 2023

Abstract

A gasket for sealing a gap between a through hole formed on a wall body and a pipe to be inserted into the through hole, the gasket being provided for the pipe and made of tubular elastic material, the gasket having an inner circumferential lip portion which elastically contacts an outer circumferential face of the pipe; and an outer circumferential lip portion which elastically contacts an inner circumferential face of the through hole; an inner seal area on an inner circumferential side where the inner circumferential lip portion is provided is located at a position so that the inner seal area does not overlap in a radial direction with an outer seal area of an outer circumferential side where the outer circumferential lip portion is provided.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gasket for sealing a gap between a through hole formed on a wall body and a pipe to be inserted into the through hole, the gasket having a tubular portion to be provided for the pipe and made of tubular elastic material, the gasket comprising: an inner circumferential lip portion being provided so as to project from an inner circumferential surface of the tubular portion toward an inside of the tubular portion in a radial direction and elastically contacting an outer circumferential surface of the pipe; an annular outer circumferential lip portion being provided so as to project from an outer circumferential surface of the tubular portion toward an outside of the tubular portion in a radial direction and elastically contacting an inner circumferential surface of the through hole; wherein an inner seal area on an inner circumferential side where the inner circumferential lip portion is provided is located at a position so that the inner seal area does not overlap in a radial direction with an outer seal area of an outer circumferential side where the outer circumferential lip portion is provided, wherein the outer circumferential surface of the tubular portion corresponding to a region where the inner seal area is formed is configured to have a smaller diameter than a diameter of the through hole, wherein the outer circumferential surface of the tubular portion corresponding to a region where the inner seal area is comprises a flat portion, and wherein the outer circumferential lip portion is configured to be larger in diameter than the flat portion and the through hole, and the outer circumferential lip portion elastically contacts the inner circumferential surface of the through hole so as to form a gap between the flat portion and the inner circumferential surface of the through hole.

2. The gasket as set forth in claim 1 ,
wherein the inner seal area is located on an opposite side of the outer seal area along an insertion direction of the pipe; and
wherein an annular member is fitted onto the outer circumferential surface of the tubular portion corresponding to a region where the inner seal area is provided.

3. The gasket as set forth in claim 1 , wherein an inner circumferential projecting portion is provided for the inner circumferential surface of the tubular portion adjacent to the inner circumferential lip portion and is provided corresponding to a region where the outer circumferential lip portion is provided.

4. The gasket as set forth in claim 1 , wherein an outer circumferential projecting portion is provided adjacent to the outer circumferential lip portion along an insertion direction of the pipe.

5. The gasket as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a projection amount of the inner circumferential lip portion is larger than a projection amount of the outer circumferential lip portion.

6. The gasket as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a distance between the inner seal area and the outer seal area which do not overlap in the radial direction is equal to or larger than a projection amount of the inner circumferential lip portion.

7. The gasket as set forth in claim 1 ,
wherein one face of the outer circumferential lip portion opposite to an insertion direction of the pipe is in a linear manner and an other face is in a slant manner so as to be gradually narrowed toward a tip end portion, and
wherein a base portion of the outer circumferential lip portion of the one face has a bent portion which is a bending point when the outer circumferential lip portion elastically contacts the inner circumferential surface of the through hole.

8. The gasket as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the bent portion is a cross point of the one face and a slant portion slanted from the outer circumferential surface of the tubular portion toward the one face.

9. The gasket as set forth in claim 1 ,
wherein the gasket is used as a connection member for connecting two pipes, and
wherein the gasket has a first holding portion having the inner seal area and the outer seal area, the inner seal area is fitted onto one of the pipes and the outer seal area is fitted into the through hole; the gasket has a second holding portion which is fitted onto the other pipe; and the gasket has a joint portion for joining the first holding portion and the second holding portion.

10. The gasket as set forth in claim 2 ,
wherein one face of the outer circumferential lip portion opposite to the insertion direction of the pipe is in a linear manner and an other face is in a slant manner so as to be gradually narrowed toward a tip end portion, and
wherein a base portion of the outer circumferential lip portion of the one face has a bent portion which is a bending point when the outer circumferential lip portion elastically contacts the inner circumferential surface of the through hole.

11. The gasket as set forth in claim 3 ,
wherein one face of the outer circumferential lip portion opposite to an insertion direction of the pipe is in a linear manner and an other face is in a slant manner so as to be gradually narrowed toward a tip end portion, and
wherein a base portion of the outer circumferential lip portion of the one face has a bent portion which is a bending point when the outer circumferential lip portion elastically contacts the inner circumferential surface of the through hole.

12. The gasket as set forth in claim 4 ,
wherein one face of the outer circumferential lip portion opposite to the insertion direction of the pipe is in a linear manner and an other face is in a slant manner so as to be gradually narrowed toward a tip end portion, and
wherein a base portion of the outer circumferential lip portion of the one face has a bent portion which is a bending point when the outer circumferential lip portion elastically contacts the inner circumferential surface of the through hole.

13. The gasket as set forth in claim 6 ,
wherein one face of the outer circumferential lip portion opposite to an insertion direction of the pipe is in a linear manner and an other face is in a slant manner so as to be gradually narrowed toward a tip end portion, and
wherein a base portion of the outer circumferential lip portion of the one face has a bent portion which is a bending point when the outer circumferential lip portion elastically contacts the inner circumferential surface of the through hole.

14. The gasket as set forth in claim 2 ,
wherein the gasket is used as a connection member for connecting two pipes, and
wherein the gasket has a first holding portion having the inner seal area and the outer seal area, the inner seal area is fitted onto one of the pipes and the outer seal area is fitted into the through hole; the gasket has a second holding portion which is fitted onto the other pipe; and the gasket has a joint portion for joining the first holding portion and the second holding portion.

15. The gasket as set forth in claim 3 ,
wherein the gasket is used as a connection member for connecting two pipes, and
wherein the gasket has a first holding portion having the inner seal area and the outer seal area, the inner seal area is fitted onto one of the pipes and the outer seal area is fitted into the through hole; the gasket has a second holding portion which is fitted onto the other pipe; and the gasket has a joint portion for joining the first holding portion and the second holding portion.

16. The gasket as set forth in claim 4 ,
wherein the gasket is used as a connection member for connecting two pipes, and
wherein the gasket has a first holding portion having the inner seal area and the ou

Assignees

• Uchiyama Mfg
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd
• Toyota Jidosh Kk

Inventors

• Yamamoto Keita
• Tanaka Takefumi
• Baba Ryusuke

Classifications

• F16J15/3236 Primary

  with at least one lip for each surface, e.g. U-cup packings · CPC title

• F16J15/104 Primary

  characterised by structure · CPC title

• F16L5/10 Primary

  by using sealing rings or sleeves only · CPC title

• F16J15/102

  characterised by material · CPC title

• F16L27/107

  the ends of the pipe being interconnected by a flexible sleeve · CPC title