A sealant is provided for use on an aircraft or other vehicle. The sealant may be used with a gasket. The sealant is a perimeter seal that comprises a polyurea member. The polyurea member is a self-curing, two-component mix. It may cure to a hardness in the range of about 40 to 100 (Shore A). It may maintain an adequate peel strength to withstand multiple thermal and pressure cycling, and may have a working life, wherein it may be shaped, of less than about eleven minutes.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a sealing member including a magnetic powder and at least one selected from the group consisting of a rubber material and a resin material, the magnetic powder being obtained by removing a dispersion medium from a magnetic fluid including magnetic particles, a dispersant and dispersion medium.

An electric linear actuator has an electric motor, a speed reduction mechanism, and a ball screw mechanism to convert rotational motion of the electric motor to an axial linear motion of a drive shaft. The ball screw mechanism nut and screw shaft both include helical screw grooves with a large number of balls between them. The housing has a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The electric motor is mounted on the first housing portion. The second housing portion abuts an end face of the first housing portion. The first housing portion has a cylindrical gear containing portion to contain the speed reduction mechanism. An end part of the gear containing portion extends radially inward to form a bottom portion to cover the speed reduction mechanism. The bottom portion of the first housing portion and the second housing portion are formed, respectively, with abutment surfaces.

An electric linear actuator has an electric motor, a speed reduction mechanism, and a ball screw mechanism to convert rotational motion of the electric motor to an axial linear motion of a drive shaft. The ball screw mechanism nut and screw shaft both include helical screw grooves with a large number of balls between them. The housing has a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The electric motor is mounted on the first housing portion. The second housing portion abuts an end face of the first housing portion. The first housing portion has a cylindrical gear containing portion to contain the speed reduction mechanism. An end part of the gear containing portion extends radially inward to form a bottom portion to cover the speed reduction mechanism. The bottom portion of the first housing portion and the second housing portion are formed, respectively, with abutment surfaces.

A vehicle pressure medium device in which a pressure medium flows, has a multilayer design which has at least two mutually contacting layers. A groove-shaped recess is arranged between a first chamber into which a first flow opening opens and a second chamber into which a second flow opening opens when viewed on a plane parallel to the layers. The groove-shaped recess has at least one opening for a fluidic connection between the first chamber and the second chamber on a plane parallel to the layers. A group of molded seals is provided for mounting between the two layers. A fluidic connection is either produced between the first chamber and the second chamber or not depending on the molded seals which are mounted between the two layers and each of which is selected from the group of molded seals.

Embodiments of the invention provide a knife gate valve for flow along a flow path. The knife gate valve can include a body structure that includes a gate passage, a gate disposed to move within the gate passage between open and closed positions to selectively open or close a fluid aperture, and a gate seat configured to engage a free end and lateral edges of the gate. A transverse element can be formed from resilient material and can extend laterally across the gate passage to form a seal with a first side of the gate and with the gate seat.

The present invention was made in view of the foregoing problem and has an object to provide a photocurable resin composition which can be quickly cured by irradiation with active energy rays such as ultraviolet rays and achieves excellent adhesion to polyolefin such as PP having properties difficult to bond. Specifically, provided is a photocurable resin composition containing the following (A) and (B) ingredients: (A) ingredient: a polymer having a polyisobutylene backbone mainly containing a —[CH.sub.2C(CH.sub.3).sub.2]— unit, the polymer having one or more (meth)acryloyl groups per molecule; and (B) ingredient: a photo-radical initiator of hydrogen abstraction type.

The present invention was made in view of the foregoing problem and has an object to provide a photocurable resin composition which can be quickly cured by irradiation with active energy rays such as ultraviolet rays and achieves excellent adhesion to polyolefin such as PP having properties difficult to bond. Specifically, provided is a photocurable resin composition containing the following (A) and (B) ingredients: (A) ingredient: a polymer having a polyisobutylene backbone mainly containing a —[CH.sub.2C(CH.sub.3).sub.2]— unit, the polymer having one or more (meth)acryloyl groups per molecule; and (B) ingredient: a photo-radical initiator of hydrogen abstraction type.

A sealing assembly for a shaft includes: a first sealing component; a first spring energizer associated with said first sealing component; an annular support member configured for supporting said first sealing component; a second sealing component; a second spring energizer associated with said second sealing component, said first and second sealing components each having a pair of seal lips, said pairs of seal lips facing each other, said first and second spring energizers each configured for energizing respectively said first and second sealing components, each said spring energizer being respectively between one said pair of seal lips, said annular support member being disposed about the shaft and positioned between said first and second sealing components and said first and second spring energizers, said annular support member including two outwardly facing protuberances each of which interfits with a respective said pair of seal lips.

A thin, cured gel gasket is disclosed, including methods of making the thin gel gasket and the use of the thin gel gasket in an aircraft joint. In one embodiment, the thin gel gasket has no skeleton or other structure and is comprised of only a cured polyurethane gel and has a thickness of less than about 12 mill. It is manufactured using a release film that is adapted in a number of ways to make release from the gel prior to use easier. In one method of making and using the thin gel gasket. it is applied to a joint which is subject to compression, in one embodiment, a lap joint of an aircraft fuselage.