Engine cover gasket
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 155 KB
- Volume
- 2007
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1350-4789
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โฆ Synopsis
This patent describes a sealing arrangement for the bearing on a clamping bolt such as may be used to support the bracket of an idler pulley for an engine belt system. A U-ring seal is used in a flange orientation facing radially outwards instead of an O-ring or to provide improved sealing against contaminant, more allowance for tolerances and less friction for adjustment.
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thc shaft by an inner race retainer screwed on the shaft near its inlet end. The bearings are sealed in a chamber betwecl3 tile shaf't and the body. Further sealing ofthe chamber is achievcd bv the ()-ring around th,z sieeve.
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