Gap pads or gap fillers having independently tunable mechanical and thermal properties and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. The gap pads or gap fillers described can be used, for example, to interface a heat generating source and a heat sink.

Provided is a gasket being interposed between the flanges which are the connecting portions of the pipes. The gasket includes: a first jacket; a kammprofile provided in the first jacket; an O-ring member provided at the inner side of the kammprofile; and a second jacket encasing a portion of the first jacket, the kammprofile, and the O-ring member. A method of manufacturing the gasket is provided.

A method of forming a seal plate for sealing between two components of an assembly includes forming a plate element from a first material, the plate element including at least one seal groove receptive of a seal element and forming a seal element from a second material different from the first material by one or more additive manufacturing processes, the second material an elastomeric material of a selected durometer. The seal element is affixed to the plate element at the seal groove. A seal plate includes a plate element having one or more seal grooves receptive of a seal element, the plate element formed from a first material. A seal element is installed into the seal groove, the seal element formed from a second material different from the first material by one or more additive manufacturing processes, the second material an elastomeric material of a selected durometer.

An annular sealing device may include a support ring and a sealing ring of a sealing material. The support ring may have an axial face end, an inner lateral surface, and a plurality of passage openings. The sealing ring may have an L-shaped cross section, a radial sealing surface, and an axial sealing surface and may lie against the inner lateral surface and the axial face end. The plurality of passage openings may each have an undercut directed radially to an outside. The plurality of passage openings may define a negative form for a plurality of connecting webs. The sealing ring may be a plastic injection moulding and injection moulded onto the support ring such that the axial sealing surface, the radial sealing surface, and the plurality of connecting webs are a single piece and the plurality of undercuts are at least partly filled with the sealing material.

Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a system for isolating at least one of a fire zone and a high-pressure zone from at least one of a non-fire zone and a low-pressure zone, comprising a seal and a flexible spring retainer coupled to the seal that is configured to bias the seal. The biasing may be based in terms of a compression of the seal within a predetermined range of compression. A shielding of the seal from the at least one of the fire zone and the high-pressure zone may be provided.

The present invention relates to a sealing ring assembly (1) for connection of an exhaust gas cooler (2) to a coolant line (3), comprising a carrier ring (4) made of plastic, comprising a sealing ring (5) made of a sealing material, which is connected to the carrier ring (4), comprising a heat protection element (6), which is connected to the carrier ring (4) and surrounds the latter on a radial outer side by forming an air gap (7).

A seal is provided for enclosing an edge of a laminated structure. The seal may comprise a polymeric base layer, a foil layer, and a plurality of photovoltaic cells disposed on the foil layer. The seal may be adhered to an edge of a laminate that has luminescent solar concentrators for harvesting energy from light. The laminate may be a glass laminate, and may be part of a window unit.

Flexible seal assemblies having a relatively low torsional rigidity and high longitudinal flexure to thereby allow the flexible seal assembly to flex between adjacent components and maintain a seal, even when movement between adjacent components occurs, is described. In some embodiments, the flexible seal assembly includes one or more layers of metal matrix material, the metal matrix material being comprised of a plurality of short segments of thin wire arranged randomly and sintered together to form a semi-rigid sheet. The one or more layers of metal matrix material can be sandwiched between an upper casing and a lower casing of a metal alloy casing. In various embodiments, additional features are provided for helping to make sure the seal assembly stays together, such as spot welds formed through the seal assembly, an S-shaped casing, and a recess/protrusion feature provided on adjacent layers of metal matrix material.

A method of sealing includes positioning graphite within a cavity defined by walls of a body, shifting the body along a tapered surface of a first structure, expanding the body through an interaction with the tapered surface, engaging at least one second structure with the walls, expanding the graphite, compressing the graphite against the at least one second structure, and sealing the graphite to the at least one second structure and the body.