Patent ID: 8701620

Claim:
A seal assembly for use in an internal combustion engine, comprising: a cylinder wall; a piston adapted to reciprocate within the cylinder wall; a ring containment groove formed in one of the cylinder wall and the piston, the ring containment groove having a back wall; at least one scraper ring disposed in the ring containment groove, the at least one scraper ring having: first and second planar side surfaces; a first arcuate blade opposite the back wall; and at least a second arcuate blade opposite the back wall; and an elastomeric member disposed between the back wall of the ring containment groove and the at least one scraper ring wherein when the ring containment groove is formed in the cylinder wall, the first and second arcuate blades are both in contact with the piston and when the ring containment groove is formed in the piston, the first and second arcuate blades are both in contact with the cylinder wall; wherein a surface of the at least one scraper ring proximate the back wall of the ring containment groove contacts the elastomeric member; and wherein the elastomeric member contacts the back wall of the ring containment groove.