Patent ID: 8752634

Claim:
A seal assembly, comprising: an outer member having a bore; an inner member adapted to be located in the bore; a seal housing located between the inner and outer members, wherein the seal housing is received within a pocket formed on the outer member; a cylindrical groove formed on an inner surface of the seal housing; a segmented tube having an outward facing protrusion corresponding to the cylindrical groove when installed within the seal housing, wherein a plurality of segments comprising the segmented tube have edges cut at an angle such that the plurality of segments comprising the segmented tube that are adjacent to each other have surfaces cut in an alternating inward and outward sequence to allow adjacent segments of the plurality of segments to align and mate at the surfaces when installed within the cylindrical groove and to allow installation within the seal housing; and a bushing for lockingly engaging an inner profile of the segmented tube, wherein the bushing is located between the inner member and the segmented tube when installed.