Patent ID: 6626440
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: F16J

Abstract:
A method for providing a resilient seal between two cooperative components, when the seal is in an installed compressed state, comprising:providing the resilient seal between the cooperative components having a convolution region that includes a curved region and a pair of adjacent side wall regions; a pair of leg regions; a pair of acute bend regions; and a pair of leg inflection regions; arresting the bending stress in the acute bend regions of the resilient seal; and transferring at least part of the bending stress from the acute bend regions to another, less stressed region of the resilient seal in at least one of the convolution region, the pair of leg regions and/or the pair of leg inflection regions, wherein each said leg inflection region and each said adjacent side wall region define a gap therebetween sized so that said leg inflection regions contact said adjacent side wall region when the seal is in the installed compressed state.