Piston O-ring seal with reduced stiction

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11512780
APP PUB NO 20220260158A1
SERIAL NO

16723647

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A piston and cylinder assembly structured to reduce breakaway friction (stiction) upon movement of the piston within the cylinder. The assembly includes a cylinder housing, a piston having a piston crown with a top face and one or more peripheral grooves, and an O-ring positioned on the piston in each of the one or more peripheral grooves. The piston crown incorporates one or more passageways extending from a space above the piston to a location within the peripheral groove inside of (behind) the O-ring. An increase in a volume of fluid in the chamber above the piston directs fluid through the passageways into the peripheral groove, thereby pressing the O-ring against the cylinder wall. A double acting piston embodiment uses at least two O-rings positioned within at least two grooves, each with associated fluid flow passageways into the grooves behind the O-rings.

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GREGOIRE ROGER JNEW BRAUNFELS TX

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Gregoire, Roger J New Braunfels, US 11 91

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