Patent ID: 8328200

Claim:
An assembly comprising: a housing defining a bore; a seal mounted in said bore, said seal including a retainer portion with an outer surface contacting the bore and an inner surface, the seal having at least one lip extending radially inward from said retainer portion; a shaft to be rotatably mounted in said bore and engaged by said at least one lip of said seal; and a mounting device including a cylindrical member having an axis, said cylindrical member defining an interior shaft-engaging surface having a stepped portion disposed therein and an exterior seal-engaging surface, wherein said stepped portion of said interior shaft- engaging surface is configured operable to be engaged by a shoulder of attached to the shaft during insertion of the shaft through said cylindrical member and into the housing, and said exterior seal-engaging surface is in contact with the at least one lip of said seal during insertion of the seal into the housing, said mounting device including an annular flange extending radially outward from said cylindrical member and engaging said inner surface of said retainer portion of the seal; wherein as the shaft is inserted through said cylindrical member into the housing and said shaft-engaging surface attaches to the shaft, said cylindrical member is moved axially away from the at least one lip of said seal and the annular flange is moved away from the retainer portion of the seal such that the at least one lip of said seal disengages with said seal-engaging surface and sealingly engages the shaft.