Patent ID: 9182041
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: F16J,H01M,Y02E,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a seal for sealing a sealing gap between a first component and a second component, comprising the following: producing a seal body with at least one sealing portion and a receiving space; producing a spring element with at least one claw element, wherein the spring element comprises a base body, which is meandering in shape, said base body, when viewed in a substantially unbent form, comprising a plurality of outer peripheral direction portions and a plurality of inner peripheral direction portions, wherein the inner and outer peripheral direction portions are arranged in an alternating manner and subsequent inner and outer peripheral direction portions are connected to one another by connecting web members oriented substantially radially from a center; wherein the seal body comprises a first sealing portion for applying against the first component and a second sealing portion for applying against the second component, wherein the spring element, when the seal is in the assembled state, biases the first sealing portion against the first component and the second sealing portion against the second component and wherein the seal body has no retaining projection to retain the spring element in the receiving space; wherein the second component has a portion which is substantially cylindrical and has a longitudinal axis, the first sealing portion forming a radially outer leg of the seal body and the second sealing portion forming a radially inner leg of the seal body with respect to the longitudinal axis of the substantially cylindrical portion of the second component, and wherein the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion define opposing boundary walls of the receiving space separated from one another in a radial direction by the receiving space, wherein at least one claw element comprises at least one projection arranged on the base body of the spring element; and at least partially introducing the spring element into the receiving space of the seal body, such that the at least one projection of the at least one claw element digs into a surface of a boundary wall of the receiving space in order to interlock the spring element with the seal body.