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Environmental seal and alignment means for an electromagnetically formed backshell

  • US 4,702,543 A
  • Filed: 04/30/1986
  • Issued: 10/27/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An article of manufacture comprising:

  • a hollow cylindrical metal tube;

    a cylindrical member of outer diameter less than the tube inner diameter, said member having end portions received within an end of the tube and uniformly spaced from facing tube inner wall surfaces, said member further having a radially outwardly extending flange lying directly opposite and spaced from the member end portions;

    an annular resilient seal of generally L-shaped cross-section located between both the tube inner wall surfaces and member end portions and between and in contact with the tube end and the member flange;

    said metal tube being magnetically clamped onto the member end portions over the seal compressing the same.

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