Patent ID: 6334619
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: F16J

Abstract:
A rotary seal gland assembly for sealing with a relatively rotatable surface and for excluding an environment, comprising:(a) a seal housing defining a lubricant side clearance surface and defining a lubricant chamber having a lubricant therein and having an environment side gland wall and a lubricant side gland wall disposed in spaced relation; (b) at least a portion of said lubricant side gland wall defining a non-circular support surface disposed in angular relation with said lubricant side clearance surface; and (c) an annular seal located between said environment side gland wall and said lubricant side gland wall and having a lubricant side and an environment side, said lubricant side having a hydrodynamic geometry corresponding with the configuration of said non-circular support surface.