Patent ID: 8443942

Claim:
Seal arrangement for sealing a through-opening in a wall of an engine component, comprising the engine component, an insert element for insertion into the through-opening, wherein the insert element has a through-channel that is closable by means of a closure element, and a sealing element for sealing between the insert element and the engine component, wherein the sealing element in the assembled state of the seal arrangement is disposed in axial direction of the insert element between the insert element and the engine component, wherein the seal element in the assembled state of the seal arrangement is at least partially disposed in an annular groove, wherein the groove is provided in a seating surface of the engine component, which seating surface is oriented substantially at right angles to the axial direction of the insert element, the insert element resting with a sealing surface flat against the seating surface, wherein the groove has a groove bottom surface which lies opposite the sealing surface in the axial direction of the insert element, wherein the groove is located in a distance from the through-opening, and wherein the insert element is connected to the engine component by thermal embedding.