Seal
Granted 18 Feb 2020 · 4 office actions
Assignee: NOK Corporation
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Inventors: Koji Watanabe, Yusuke Yoshida · Examiner: Amy C Wierenga · AU 2919 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is front view of a first…
FIG. 1 is front view of a first embodiment of a seal, the rear view being a mirror image of the front view;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the seal of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the seal of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the seal of FIG. 1 taken along line 4 - 4 ;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the outer circumferential surface of the seal of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 6 is front view of a second embodiment of the seal, the rear view being a mirror image of the front view;
FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the seal of FIG. 6 ;
FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the seal of FIG. 6 ;
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the seal of FIG. 6 taken along line 9 - 9 ;
FIG. 10 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the outer circumferential surface of the seal of FIG. 6 ;
FIG. 11 is front view of a third embodiment of the seal, the rear view being a mirror image of the front view;
FIG. 12 is a top plan view of the seal of FIG. 11 ;
FIG. 13 is a bottom plan view of the seal of FIG. 11 ;
FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of the seal of FIG. 11 taken along line 14 - 14 ;
FIG. 15 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the outer circumferential surface of the seal of FIG. 11 ;
FIG. 16 is front view of a fourth embodiment of the seal, the rear view being a mirror image of the front view;
FIG. 17 is a top plan view of the seal of FIG. 16 ;
FIG. 18 is a bottom plan view of the seal of FIG. 16 ;
FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view of the seal of FIG. 16 taken along line 19 - 19 ;
FIG. 20 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the outer circumferential surface of the seal of FIG. 16 ;
FIG. 21 is front view of a fifth embodiment of the seal, the rear view being a mirror image of the front view;
FIG. 22 is a top plan view of the seal of FIG. 21 ;
FIG. 23 is a bottom plan view of the seal of FIG. 21 ;
FIG. 24 is a cross-sectional view of the seal of FIG. 21 taken along line 24 - 24 ; and,
FIG. 25 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the outer circumferential surface of the seal of FIG. 21 .
The dashed broken lines in the drawings represent portions of the seal that form no part of the claim. The dash-dot-dash broken lines define surface boundaries of the claim, and indicate cutoff boundaries for enlarged detail portion views that form no part of the claim.
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