Seal ring

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9303767-B2
Application number	US-201514620708-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2015
Priority date	Feb 21, 2014
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

A seal ring 100 is configured by the combination of a first divided body 100 A on a high pressure side and a second divided body 100 B on a low pressure side with respect to an axis direction. The seal ring that stabilizes sealing performance while reducing rotary torque and including a recessed section 140 provided centrally in a width direction and extending in a circumferential direction and a pair of raised sections 150 provided on both sides of the recessed section 140 . A through hole 141 a is provided so as to lead to a bottom surface of the recessed section 140 from an inner peripheral surface side and allows a sealed fluid to be introduced into the recessed section 140 from the inner peripheral surface side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A seal assembly, comprising:
a housing;
a shaft rotatably received in the housing with an annular gap between the shaft and the housing
a seal ring mounted in an annular groove provided around an outer circumference of the shaft for sealing the annular gap between the shaft and the housing to hold fluid pressure of a sealing region configured to allow change in fluid pressure, the seal ring, in close contact to a side wall surface of the annular groove on the low pressure side that slides with respect to an inner peripheral surface of a shaft hole in the housing, the shaft inserted therethrough and including on an outer peripheral surface side, a recessed section provided centrally in a width direction and extending in a circumferential direction, and a pair of raised sections provided on both sides with the recessed section therebetween for sliding with respect to an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole;
the seal ring having a through hole provided to lead to a bottom surface of the recessed section from an inner peripheral surface side and to enable sealed fluid to be introduced into the recessed section from the inner peripheral surface side, is configured so that an effective pressure receiving area from the inner peripheral surface side that contributes to a force pressing against an inner peripheral surface of the shaft hole by the fluid pressure is narrower than an effective pressure receiving area from the inner peripheral surface side that contributes to a force pressing against a side wall surface of the annular groove on a low pressure side; and the seal ring being configured by combining a first divided body of a high pressure side and a second divided body of a low pressure side in an axial direction, and a dividing position between the first divided body and the second divided body being set so as to pass through a portion where the recessed section is provided, wherein a third fitted raised portion that projects directly facing the low pressure side in the axial direction and a third fitted recessed portion that recesses directly facing the high pressure side in the axial direction is alternatingly provided in plurality in the circumferential direction on the side wall surface side of the low pressure side on the first divided body; and a fourth fitted recessed portion that fits the third fitted raised portion recesses directly facing the low pressure side in the axial direction and a fourth fitted raised portion that fits the third fitted recessed portion projects directly facing the high pressure side in the axial direction is alternatingly provided in plurality in the circumferential direction on the side wall surface side of the high pressure side on the second divided body.

2. The seal ring according to claim 1 , wherein
an abutting joint section is provided in one location in the circumferential direction,
the abutting joint section
providing, on the outer peripheral side of one side with a cut portion therebetween, a first fitted raised portion on the low pressure side and a first fitted recessed portion on the high pressure side, and
providing, on the outer peripheral side of the other side with a cut portion therebetween, a second fitted recessed portion that fits the first fitted raised portion on the low pressure side and a second fitted raised portion that fits the first fitted recessed portion on the high pressure side; and
the first divided body is formed of the section where the first fitted recessed portion is provided and of the section where the second fitted raised portion is provided, and the second divided body is formed of the section where the first fitted raised portion is provided and of the section where the second fitted recessed portion is provided.

3. The seal ring according to claim 1 , wherein
a gap is provided in the circumferential direction between the third fitted raised portion and the fourth fitted raised portion such that the through hole is formed by the gap.

Assignees

• Nok Corp

Inventors

• Watanabe Hideya

Classifications

• F01D11/006

  Sealing the gap between rotor blades or blades and rotor · CPC title

• F01D11/00 Primary

  Preventing or minimising internal leakage of working-fluid, e.g. between stages (sealings in general F16J {; sealing arrangements for transition ducts of combustor cans F01D9/023}) · CPC title

• F16J15/164 Primary

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

• F16J15/442

  segmented · CPC title

• F01D11/003

  by packing rings; Mechanical seals · CPC title