Patent ID: 9377107
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: B64G,F16J

Claim Text:
1. A sealing construct for a space environment comprising: a seal-bearing object; a seal on said seal-bearing object, said seal including: a seal body having a sealing surface, a textured pattern at the sealing surface, said textured pattern defining at least one shaded channel surface; and a seal-engaging object selectively engaged with said seal-bearing object through said seal, said seal-engaging object having a sealing surface, wherein, when said seal-engaging object is selectively engaged with said seal-bearing object, said sealing surface of said seal-engaging object engages said sealing surface of said seal, said seal is compressed between the seal-bearing object and the seal-engaging object such that at least one shaded channel surface engages said sealing surface of said seal-engaging object, and wherein said sealing construct forms both a liquid and gas restraining barrier.