Patent ID: 6938902
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: F16D,F16J

Abstract:
1. A boot assembly for sealing around an article, comprising: a boot having a hollow body with an axially extending circumferential inner surface portion operative to tightly engage the article when received in said body against said inner surface; an internal annular groove of predetermined depth extending into said inner surface, said inner surface on either side of said grove lying substantially in a common plane when viewed in axial section; an O-ring disposed in said groove and having a radial dimension in a natural free state condition which is greater than the depth of said groove such that a radially inner-most surface said O-ring is extended out of said groove beyond said plane of said inner surface of said body, said groove having side walls that are axially spaced relative to said O-ring such that said O-ring is deformable substantially fully into said space of said groove so that the radially inner most surface of said O-ring is positionable substantially in the plane of said inner surface of said boot.