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Quick-disconnect inflatable seal assemblyA zero-leak cryogenic coupling includes a polymeric seal clamped to a male bayonet member with two pairs of tightening rings. The tightening rings threadably engage each other in respective pairs around tapered ends of the inflatable seal member so that a wedging action tightness the seal member about the male bayonet. Once in place, the seal may be inflated via an inflation port so that its expansion provides a pressure contact with the inside surface of a coaxial female member.
Document ID
19890004415
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Other - Patent
External Source(s)
KSC-11368-1
Authors
Kurt D Buehler
(Kennedy Space Center Merritt Island, Florida, United States)
James E Fesmire
(Kennedy Space Center Merritt Island, Florida, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
September 20, 1988
Publication Information
Publisher: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Subject Category
Mechanical Engineering
Report/Patent Number
Patent Number: US-PATENT-4,772,050
Patent Number: NASA-CASE-KSC-11368-1
Patent Application Number: US-PATENT-APPL-SN-052940
Accession Number
89N13786
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
Patent
US-PATENT-4,772,050
Patent Application
US-PATENT-APPL-SN-052940
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