Gas-lubricated seal for sealing between a piston and a cylinder wall
Abstract
A piston-cylinder seal uses gas for a lubricant and has a runner supported on a gapless structure and placed in the space between the piston and the cylinder wall. The runner is deformed elastically under the influence of the operating pressures to follow and compensate for variations in the piston-cylinder fit and maintain a seal. 4 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7249555
- Patent Number(s):
- 4540185
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 6-620159
- Assignee:
- CHO; EDB-94-123775
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-80ER10743
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 13 Jun 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS; PISTONS; SEALS; DESIGN; CYLINDERS; DEFORMATION; LUBRICATION; MACHINE PARTS; 330100* - Internal Combustion Engines
Citation Formats
Hoult, D P. Gas-lubricated seal for sealing between a piston and a cylinder wall. United States: N. p., 1985.
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Hoult, D P. Gas-lubricated seal for sealing between a piston and a cylinder wall. United States.
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"Gas-lubricated seal for sealing between a piston and a cylinder wall". United States.
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