Gasket and structure for sealing between two members

• US 7,926,818 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2006
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nippon Mektron Limited (NOK Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NOK Corporation
• Inventors: Isono, Eiji
• Primary Examiner(s): Bomar; Shane
• Assistant Examiner(s): FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD
• Application Number:
  US11/883,923
• Publication Number:
  US 20080157485A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,916 Days
• Field of Search: 277/628, 277/630, 277/637, 277/640, 277/644, 220/378
• US Class Current: 277/630
• CPC Class Codes: F16J 15/025 and with at least one flexible lip
• CPC Class Codes: F16J 15/062 characterised by the geometry of the seat

Abstract

A gasket to securely contact a box type body when both a body and a cover are downsized and thinned. Fluid leakage is prevented through a seal by lessening repulsion of the seal at the time of sealing clearance between. A clearance between the box type body and the cover is made such that a main body is adhered to a bottom surface of the cover having a peripheral wall. A step face is formed by the main body and a lip portion formed at the tip side of the main body. A contact surface is formed by a side wall of the main body and a peripheral wall. The step surface is positioned outside with respect to the lip portion.

Claims

1. A sealed structure comprising

a cover and a box body which face each other, the box body having a U-shape in cross section,

a gasket having a main body and a lip portion, the lip portion being located at a leading end side of said main body, the main body being adhered to a bottom surface of the cover,

a step surface of said gasket formed by said main body and the lip portion,

said step surface being positioned at a peripheral wall side of said cover with respect to said lip portion,

a contact surface of said main body engaged with a peripheral wall of said cover being formed by a side wall of said main body,

an inner end surface of a leading end portion of a peripheral wall of said box body including a tapered surface inclined towards an outer side of the box body,

a single planar surface of said box body located closest to the gasket being spaced by a separation distance from said peripheral wall of said cover,

a seal surface being formed by the leading end surface of the peripheral wall of the box body in contact with the lip portion so that the gasket is deformed at a time of said cover being assembled to said box body, and the seal surface being formed by bringing the leading end surface of the peripheral wall of the box body into contact with a portion of the gasket which is bent towards an inner side of the box body so as to incline the gasket when the gasket is dispersed.

2. The sealed structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a burr of the gasket is in inside contact with the peripheral wall of said cover, at a time when the gasket is adhered to the bottom surface of said cover.

3. The sealed structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a position of a centerline of a cross section of the lip portion of said gasket is positioned at an inner side with respect to a position of a centerline of a cross section of the leading end surface of said peripheral wall of the box body when said gasket is brought into contact with a peripheral wall of the box body.

4. The sealed structure as described in claim 1, wherein a relationship of (A/2)+B≦

C, B≧

0 is established by a width A of the leading end surface of the peripheral wall of the box body, a distance B between an outer end surface of said peripheral wall of said box body and an inner end surface of the peripheral wall of said cover, and a distance C from a position of the centerline of the lip portion of said gasket to the inner end surface of the peripheral wall of said cover.