Seal with skirt

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12038036-B2
Application number	US-202117477981-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 17, 2021
Priority date	Oct 7, 2020
Publication date	Jul 16, 2024
Grant date	Jul 16, 2024

Abstract

A seal includes a barrel extending between a base and a top, in which the barrel has a cylindrical cavity passing through it between its base and its top, and a skirt indissociable from the barrel and extending around said barrel, in which the skirt adopts the shape of a dome of which the exterior edges extend out beyond the base starting from the top. The seal is able to divert the fluid and keep the space under the skirt fluid tight.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A seal comprising:
a barrel extending between a base and a top, wherein the barrel has a cylindrical cavity passing therethrough between the base and the top;
a skirt indissociable from the barrel and extending around said barrel, wherein the skirt adopts the shape of a dome of which the exterior edges extend out beyond the base starting from the top; and
a lattice embedded inside the seal,
wherein an inside of the barrel includes a succession of toric bulges which line the interior of the cylindrical cavity.

2. A seal comprising:
a barrel extending between a base and a top, wherein the barrel has a cylindrical cavity passing therethrough between the base and the top;
a skirt indissociable from the barrel and extending around said barrel, wherein the skirt adopts the shape of a dome of which the exterior edges extend out beyond the base starting from the top; and
a lattice embedded inside the seal,
wherein the seal has, in the top of the barrel, a groove extending radially and opening into the cylindrical cavity.

3. The seal according to claim 1 , wherein the skirt is attached some distance from the base and from the top and includes a depression around the barrel and a slope which extends from the depression as far as the exterior edges.

4. The seal according to claim 1 , wherein the skirt is attached at a distance from the base and from the top and includes a depression around the barrel, a slope which extends from the depression as far as the exterior edges, and wherein the depression has a bottom that slopes towards the slope over at least part of the bottom.

5. The seal according to claim 1 , wherein the lattice comprises a smaller ring surrounding the barrel, a larger ring following the exterior edges and a plurality of rods fixed between the smaller ring and the larger ring.

6. A seal comprising:
a barrel extending between a base and a top, wherein the barrel has a cylindrical cavity passing therethrough between the base and the top;
a skirt indissociable from the barrel and extending around said barrel, wherein the skirt adopts the shape of a dome of which the exterior edges extend out beyond the base starting from the top; and
a lattice embedded inside the seal,
wherein the seal is slotted radially from the exterior edges as far as the cavity of the barrel.

7. An assembly comprising:
a wall pierced with an orifice,
a connector comprising a plate pierced with a hole and a bushing fixed to the plate around said hole and the exterior surface of which is threaded, in which the connector is arranged in such a way as to press the plate against the wall while the bushing is inserted into the orifice in the wall,
a pipe passing through the bushing,
a seal according to claim 1 , wherein the barrel is pushed home onto the bushing, with the base facing towards the wall, and
a nut screwed onto the bushing, sandwiching the barrel between the wall and the nut.

8. A method for assembling an assembly according to claim 7 , said method comprising:
a positioning step during which the connector is arranged in such a way as to insert the bushing into the orifice in the wall and press the plate against the wall,
a protecting step during which a flexible sheet is arranged around the screw thread of the bushing,
a pressing-home step during which the seal is pressed home around the flexible sheet, base first and towards the wall, until the base is against the wall,
a removal step during which the flexible sheet is removed, and
a tightening step during which the nut is screwed and tightened onto the bushing.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Foucart-Gaudy Simon
• Delpy Vincent
• Millet Gerard

Classifications

• B64C1/00

  Fuselages; Constructional features common to fuselages, wings, stabilising surfaces or the like · CPC title

• F16J15/022

  characterised by structure or material · CPC title

• F16B5/02

  by means of fastening members using screw-thread ({F16B5/0004 takes precedence}; construction of screw-threaded connections F16B25/00 - F16B39/00) · CPC title

• F16L5/06

  by means of a swivel nut compressing a ring or sleeve · CPC title

• F16B43/001 Primary

  for sealing or insulation · CPC title