Inventors:
Timothy P. Murphy - Canton OH, US
Liviu V. Anton - Ploiesti, RO
Ioana C. Savin - Ploiesti, RO
Richard Borowski - Canton OH, US
Mark Esposito - North Canton OH, US
Assignee:
THE TIMKEN COMPANY - Canton OH
International Classification:
F16C 33/76, F16J 15/32, F16C 19/02
Abstract:
A seal component () having a triple-lip configuration for sealing against a moving surface, such as the inner ring race surface (′) of a spherical plain bearing (′). The triple-lip configuration incorporates a pair of outward inclined seal lips () for providing protection from external contaminates, and a third inwardly inclined seal lip () which is orientated to provide lubricant or grease retention within the sealed bearing (′). The size and configuration of the third seal lip () is selected to minimize surface friction and to avoid seal lip inversion during oscillatory motion of the bearing components during use. A retention surface () is disposed to abut against the outer ring race surface () to resist roll-out displacement of the seal component () during use.