Patents by Inventor Jerry D. Walter

Jerry D. Walter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multiple lug blade to disk attachment
    Patent number: 4767274
    Abstract: Structure for retaining rotor blades of a disk and blade assembly of a rotary machine is disclosed. A plurality of blade lugs extend from beneath the platform of each rotor blade into engagement with a corresponding plurality of disk slots. In a preferred form the disk slots are formed to a helical geometry across the periphery of the disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Jerry D. Walter
  • Tandem bearing construction
    Patent number: 4523864
    Abstract: The thrust loads imposed on tandem ball bearings are equalized by incorporating teeter-totters on either side of the outer races that engage the ends of the outer races and a slidably mounted concentric carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1985
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry D. Walter, Claude R. Stogner