Seal ring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11644100-B2
Application number	US-201917047645-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 16, 2019
Priority date	May 17, 2018
Publication date	May 9, 2023
Grant date	May 9, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a seal ring configured so that stable lubrication performance can be provided across a wide range of rotation speed. A seal ring for sealing a clearance between a rotary shaft and a housing includes inclined grooves formed at a sliding surface so as to be arranged in a circumferential direction, the inclined grooves being open on an outer diameter side of the seal ring to generate a drawing pressure. The seal ring further includes supply grooves being open on a sealed fluid side of the seal ring and extending in a radially outward direction toward inner diameter sides of the inclined grooves.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seal ring housed in an annular groove which has a rectangular sectional shape and is formed in an outer periphery of a rotary shaft inserted into a shaft hole of a housing, for sealing a clearance between the rotary shaft and the housing, wherein:
a side surface of the seal ring includes a sliding surface which is slidably brought into close contact with a side wall surface of the annular groove,
an outer peripheral surface of the seal ring is brought into close contact with an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole, and
the seal ring comprises
inclined grooves formed so as to communicate with an outer-diameter-side end portion of the side surface of the seal ring; and
supply grooves being open on a sealed fluid side of the seal ring and extending in a radially outward direction toward inner diameter sides of the inclined grooves.

2. The seal ring according to claim 1 , wherein
a seal portion is formed continuously in a circumferential direction and positioned between the supply grooves and the inclined grooves.

3. The seal ring according to claim 1 , wherein
the supply grooves are equally arranged in a circumferential direction.

4. The seal ring according to claim 1 , wherein
the supply grooves are communicated with each other through a communication groove which is positioned on the inner diameter side of the seal portion and extends in a circumferential direction.

5. The seal ring according to claim 1 , further comprising
dynamic pressure grooves each formed at the sliding surface between adjacent two of the supply grooves in a circumferential direction and being open on the sealed fluid side of the seal ring.

6. The seal ring according to claim 2 , wherein
the supply grooves are equally arranged in a circumferential direction.

7. The seal ring according to claim 2 , wherein
the supply grooves are communicated with each other through a communication groove which is positioned on the inner diameter side of the seal portion and extends in a circumferential direction.

8. The seal ring according to claim 2 , further comprising
dynamic pressure grooves each formed at the sliding surface between adjacent two of the supply grooves in a circumferential direction and being open on the sealed fluid side of the seal ring.

9. The seal ring according to claim 3 , wherein
the supply grooves are communicated with each other through a communication groove which is positioned on the inner diameter side of the seal portion and extends in a circumferential direction.

10. The seal ring according to claim 3 , further comprising
dynamic pressure grooves each formed at the sliding surface between adjacent two of the supply grooves in a circumferential direction and being open on the sealed fluid side of the seal ring.

11. The seal ring according to claim 4 , further comprising
dynamic pressure grooves each formed at the sliding surface between adjacent two of the supply grooves in a circumferential direction and being open on the sealed fluid side of the seal ring.

Assignees

• Eagle Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kimura Wataru
• Tokunaga Yuichiro
• Takigahira Yoshiaki
• Kono Toru
• Kasahara Hidetoshi
• Hiromatsu Jun
• Ota Takafumi

Classifications

• F16J15/342 Primary

  with means for feeding fluid directly to the face · CPC title

• F16J15/188

  Split assemblies · CPC title

• F16J15/182

  with lubricating, cooling or draining means · CPC title

• F16J15/3416

  with at least one continuous groove · CPC title

• F16J15/441

  with floating ring · CPC title