Patent ID: 8061716

Claim:
A locking joint seal, comprising: a ring-shaped body including an inner diameter face, an outer diameter face and first and second side faces axially facing in opposite directions, said ring-shaped body having a first end and a second end, said first and second ends each including mutually engageable first and second locking features preventing said first and second ends from pulling away from one another in a circumferential direction, said first locking feature of said first end having a first axially extending portion overlapping a second axially extending portion of said second locking feature of said second end in an assembled condition, said first locking feature including a first hook base surface extending axially from said first side face, a first hook inner face having a radial extent and adjacent to said first hook base surface, said first axially extending portion adjacent to said first hook inner face, a first hook side face having a radial extent and extending from said first axially extending portion and a first hook end face extending axially from and adjacent to said first hook side face, said second locking feature including a second hook base surface extending axially from said second side face and located adjacent to and abutting said first hook end face, a second hook inner face having a radial extent and adjacent to said second hook base surface, said second axially extending portion adjacent to said second hook inner face, a second hook side face having a radial extent and extending from said second axially extending portion and a second hook end face adjacent to and abutting said first hook base surface and extending axially from and adjacent to said second hook side face, said second hook end face and said first hook base surface each disposed in a plane that is non-perpendicular relative to said first and second side faces of said ring-shaped body.