Claims
- 1. A seal comprising
an annular sealing body comprising a radially outer peripheral groove; an upper load concentrating projection; a lower load concentrating projection; a compression relief region extending from the center of the load concentrating projections to the radially inner edge of the seal; and a compression relief region extending from the center of the load concentrating projections to the radially outer edge of the seal.
- 2. The seal of claim 1 wherein the radially outer peripheral groove comprises an apex at the radially innermost point.
- 3. The seal of claim 2 wherein the load concentrating projections are offset radially outward from the apex of the arch portion.
- 4. The seal of claim 1 wherein the radially outer peripheral groove is substantially “U” shaped.
- 5. The seal of claim 1 wherein the radially outer peripheral groove is substantially “V” shaped.
- 6. The seal of claim 1 wherein the seal comprises a metal seal.
- 7. The seal of claim 6, wherein the metallic seal comprises high purity 316L stainless steel.
- 8. The seal of claim 6, wherein the metal seal is subjected to at least one of the following treatment processes comprising annealing, electro polishing and chemical passivation.
- 9. The seal of claim 1, wherein the seal comprises one of aluminum, nickel, nickel alloys, or copper.
- 10. A seal retainer comprising a thin metal sheet comprising a seal retaining aperture comprising a reception lobe and a retention lobe; wherein the reception lobe has a diameter larger than the outer diameter of the seal to be retained therein, and the seal retaining aperture has a diameter larger than the minimum diameter of the arch portion of the outer peripheral groove.
- 11. The seal retainer of claim 10, further comprising at least one additional seal retaining aperture comprising a reception lobe and a retention lobe.
- 12. A seal retaining assembly comprising the seal retainer of claim 10, and at least two seals, each comprising an annular sealing body comprising a radially outer peripheral groove, an upper load concentrating projection, a lower load concentrating projection, and a compression relief region extending from the center of the load concentrating projections to the radially outer edge of the seal.
- 13. The seal retaining assembly of claim 12 further comprising an additional seal retaining aperture in the seal retainer, and an additional seal associated with the seal retaining aperture.
- 14. The seal retaining assembly of claim 12, engaged between a substrate and a component part in an assembly wherein the component part is secured to the substrate and compresses the at lease two seals in the seal retaining assembly.
- 15. The seal retaining assembly of claim 14, wherein the seals are elastically deformed in the region of the peripheral groove during compression
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/358,316 filed Feb. 20, 2002, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60358316 |
Feb 2002 |
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