Patent ID: 9618119
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: F16J

Claim:
1. A circular sealing element having an inner diameter and an outer diameter that is adapted to seal between two component sections and to be compressed by the two component sections in a groove, the groove having an inner diameter and an outer diameter wherein the groove is provided in one of the two component sections and has a groove opening and a groove bottom, the sealing element comprising: a profile that in a non-compressed state includes a plurality of profile heights the profile having a maximum profile height proximate its inner diameter and the profile having a minimum profile height proximate its outer diameter, and the inner diameter of the circular sealing element being smaller than the inner diameter of the groove; wherein the profile is deformable in a compressed state such that the profile extends with at least one side section into the groove opening such that the compressive stresses at the maximum profile height exceed the compressive stresses at the inner profile height.