Patent ID: 7392164

Claim:
A computer-readable medium containing a computer program product for supporting a user in designing a sealing system of a hydraulic cylinder by indicating at least one sealing system component related seals, guide rings and rod end bearings for application in the hydraulic cylinder, based on the working conditions of the hydraulic cylinder; the computer program product being arranged to obtain a plurality of sealing system component information items comprising information concerning sealing system components related to seals, guide rings and rod end bearings from at least one database; wherein the sealing system component information items include: a sealing system component text information item; a duty level information item; a sealing system component graphic information item, and a rod end information item, including required sealing intensity as a function of environment temperature, the computer program product being loadable into the internal memory of a computer and comprising computer program code portions for performing the following steps when run on the computer which includes input means and output means: a) presenting an imaging of a hydraulic cylinder using the output means; b) receiving design criteria in the form of duty information and rod end information of the hydraulic cylinder to be designed by the user using the input means to select one of a number of predetermined alternatives of duty level information and rod end information presented using the output means; c) receiving an instruction from the user, using the input means, to present a selection of sealing system component information items using the output means, the selection indicating sealing system component information items related to seals, guide rings and rod end bearings for application in the hydraulic cylinder, the selection being assembled by searching the sealing system component information units in the at least one database in order to find sealing system component information items fulfilling the design criteria; d) receiving the user's sealing system component information item choice among the selection; e) pasting the sealing system component graphic information item of the chosen sealing system information item into the image; and f) repeating steps b), c), d) and e) at the user's request.