Patent ID: 8668204

Claim:
A seal ( 160 ) for sealing off two bearing faces ( 170 ) lying opposite one another, along a closed contour ( 180 ), the seal comprising: an elastic sealing element ( 210 ) which has two sealing faces ( 240 ) lying opposite one another for bearing against the bearing faces ( 170 ) in the region of the contour ( 180 ), the elastic sealing element ( 210 ) having a continuous inner wall with a single inner diameter and a continuous outer wall with a single outer diameter, one of the inner wall or the outer wall having at least two recesses extending radially inwardly inwards or outwards, respectively; two spring elements ( 220 , 230 ) which are assigned in each case to one of the sealing faces ( 240 ); and a supporting element ( 250 ) arranged between the spring elements ( 220 , 230 ), so as to be integral with the elastic sealing element ( 210 ), each of the spring elements ( 220 , 230 ) comprising two legs ( 260 , 270 ), of which in each case one leg presses the sealing face ( 240 ) assigned to the spring element ( 220 , 230 ) onto one of the bearing faces ( 170 ) and in each case the other leg ( 260 , 270 ) is supported on the supporting element ( 250 ), characterized in that the at least two recesses respectively receive the spring elements ( 220 , 230 ), and that at least one of the inner and outer walls extend along an axial extent of the recesses.