Patent ID: 6267386
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: F16J,H02G,H05K

Abstract:
A the ring seal for insertion into a sealing gap between a housing and a housing cover, comprising:a soft elastic sealing body;a flexible conducting strip transversely passing through the sealing body; anda stiffening element for stiffening the sealing body and the flexible conducting strip within the sealing gap, wherein the stiffening element has an elasticity modulus E and a shear modulus G that are higher than the respective values of the conducting strip, and the conducting strip is not substantially larger than the width of the sealing gap and wherein the stiffening element has two sides andwherein the sealing body passes through the stiffening element at at least one point and has partial bodies located on both sides of the stiffening element that are designed in one piece smoothly transitioning into each other.