An assembly for use on an aircraft wing having an aircraft skin and a fuel tank, the assembly comprising a metal access door for accessing the fuel tank, a metal retainer ring for engaging the wing and the access door. Fasteners removably couple the access door to the retainer ring. A lip, which may be on the wing surface, is configured to receive a perimeter of the access door when the access door is coupled to the retainer ring. A polyurethane elastomeric gel gasket having a metallic skeleton is configured to lay between the access door and a lip of the metal wing surface. Under compression, the polyurethane will deform and squeeze out the edges and flatten so as to provide metal-to-metal contact between the access door and the lip.

An object of the present invention is to provide a gasket capable of maintaining a surface pressure for a long period of time while securing sealing performance and improving durability and a manufacturing method thereof. A gasket includes a first annular portion which is formed by a metal wire woven fabric and has a seal target hole and a main body portion which is formed by a metal wire woven fabric and is in contact with an outer peripheral edge of the first annular portion, in which a metal wire of the metal wire woven fabric and a metal wire of the metal wire woven fabric are entangled so that the first annular portion and the main body portion are joined to each other and a gap between the metal wires forming the first annular portion is sealed by a resin.

A flanged fitting includes an annular fitting flange having an annular end face. A glass liner lines a radially inner annular portion of the annular end face of the annular fitting flange. A radially outer annular portion of the annular end face of the annular fitting flange is free from the glass liner. The radially inner annular portion and the radially outer annular portion of the annular end face of the annular fitting flange define an annular gasket abutment face configured to seat a gasket thereon. An annular gasket includes an annular gasket layer. The annular gasket layer includes a radially inner annular gasket segment including a first material suitable for forming a liquid-tight seal with an opposing flange. A radially outer annular gasket segment surrounds the radially inner annular gasket segment. The radially outer annular gasket segment is fire-rated for forming a fire-rated seal with the opposing flange.

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 gasket and a method for manufacturing thereof which can improve durability by maintaining a surface pressure over a long period of time is provided. A gasket is formed by a first annular portion including a sealing object hole formed by a metal wire weave wherein a metal wire is braided; and a main member portion contacting an outer circumferential edge of the first annular portion. A metal wire forming the first annular portion and a metal wire forming the main member portion are respectively interlaced, and a compressive stress in an x direction of the metal wire weave forming the first annular portion differs from a compressive stress in the x direction of the metal wire weave forming the main member portion.

A gasket or tape material for sealing between two members. The gasket or tape material, in one embodiment, includes a skeletal member and/or metallic and/or non-metallic particles. Enclosing the skeletal member and/or particles is a flexible, compressible resilient polyurea body member having a tacky outer surface, the tacky outer surface for engagement between the two members. The resilient body may be comprised of polyurea. The skeletal member may be comprised of a metallic or a non-metallic material, woven or non-woven metallic or non-metallic.

A sealing device is coupled to a first structure and is configured to seal a gap between the first structure and a second structure. The sealing device includes a translatable cartridge including a first wall and a second wall parallel to each other and a third wall perpendicular to and coupled to the first and second walls. A force applying device is configured to apply force on the cartridge in a direction toward the second structure such that the cartridge is exerted against the second structure. A ceramic insulation layer disposed at the third wall such that the ceramic insulation layer is between the third wall and the second structure, and an abrasion layer disposed on the ceramic insulation layer.

An assembly for use on an aircraft wing having an aircraft skin and a fuel tank, the assembly comprising a metal access door for accessing the fuel tank, a metal retainer ring for engaging the wing and the access door. Fasteners removably couple the access door to the retainer ring. A lip, which may be on the wing surface, is configured to receive a perimeter of the access door when the access door is coupled to the retainer ring. A polyurethane elastomeric gel gasket having a metallic skeleton is configured to lay between the access door and a lip of the metal wing surface. Under compression, the polyurethane will deform and squeeze out the edges and flatten so as to provide metal-to-metal contact between the access door and the lip.

A gasket for compressible placement between a first surface and a second surface is disclosed. In one embodiment, the gasket has a cellular metal skeleton, such as a woven metallic skeleton, encapsulated in a viscoelastic, pliable, deformable tacky polymer body, which may contain graphene or other filler. The skeleton has multiple strands, which connect to form multiple interconnected cells or pores. The void space is substantially filled in the manufacture of the gasket, with the tacky uncured polymer. The uncured polymer will set up or cure, and then the gasket may be used.

In a spherical annular seal member 38, a spherical annular base member 36 is constructed so as to be provided with structural integrity as a heat-resistant material 6 and a reinforcing member 5 are compressed to each other and intertwined with each other. In an outer layer 37, the heat-resistant material 6, a sintered solid lubricant constituted by a lubricating composition, and the reinforcing member 5 made from a metal wire net are compressed such that the sintered solid lubricant and the heat-resistant material 6 are filled in meshes of the metal wire net of the reinforcing member 5, and the solid lubricant, the heat-resistant material 6, and the reinforcing member 5 are integrated in mixed form, an outer surface 39 of that outer layer 37 being thus formed into a smooth surface 42 in which a surface 40 constituted by the reinforcing member 5 and a surface 41 constituted by the sintered solid lubricant are present in mixed form.