Locking Shaft Seal Support and Methods

摘要

A shaft seal assembly has a support body (222) and a seal (200). The support body extends from a first end (210) to a second end (212) and has a central passageway (214) for accommodating the shaft. The support body has a compliant axially intermediate portion (230), an axially out-board portion (228) outboard of the compliant intermediate portion, and an axially inboard portion (226) inboard of the intermediate portion. The in-board portion has an externally threaded portion (270) and a plurality of slots (290) through the externally threaded portion. The seal is carried by the out-board portion.