Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Grant Longton
  • Patent number: 6220829
    Abstract: A combination bearing supporting a shaft interconnecting the turbine and compressor wheels of a turbocharger incorporates a dual film floating journal bearing, a squeeze film damper and ball bearing carrier, and a ball bearing assembly. An angular contact ball bearing with an outer race mounted in the carrier rolls on an inner race mounted against a should on the shaft. The squeeze film damper and ball bearing carrier is pinned to preclude axial or rotational movement. A thrust collar is sandwiched between the ball bearing inner race and the compressor wheel to carry thrust loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Inventors: Glenn F. Thompson, Robert J. McMullen