Patent ID: 8672007
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: F16J

Abstract:
1. A sealing arrangement, comprising: a stationary axle stub configured to suit a drive shaft; a container including a hub rotatably surrounding the axle stub; and a sealing module comprising a plurality of adjacent radial seals, wherein the container is connected to the drive shaft and configured to be filled with a fluid, wherein the axle stub comprises (i) a central passage oriented in an axial direction, (ii) an axial inflow hole, and (iii) inner openings, which inner openings adjoin the axial inflow hole outwardly and are oriented in a radial direction, wherein the hub of the container comprises an equal number of outer openings, which are in a radial direction and correspond pair-wise to the inner openings of the axle stub, wherein each individually corresponding pair of the inner and outer openings is separated axially from an adjacent pair of the inner and outer openings by one of the adjacent radial seals, wherein an interior of the axle stub is in fluid communication with an interior of the container, and wherein each adjacent radial seal is oriented in the same axial direction.