Patents by Inventor Angelo Prior

Angelo Prior 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).

  • Patent number: 10422016
    Abstract: A tool system for stress relieving a turbocharger turbine wheel longitudinally welded to a hardened rotor shaft. The shaft has a journal bearing region and a turbine-end body forming an A datum surface for receiving an axial bearing. The tool system includes an induction coil and an electronic oscillator, and a tool. The tool forms an opening configured to receive the rotor shaft such that the journal bearing region of the shaft extends into the tool housing while the A datum surface adjoins an end of the tool housing. The induction coil is positioned around the turbine-end body. The housing forms an annular cooling chamber surrounding the journal bearing region of the shaft. The housing forms an inlet passage to provide cooling fluid to the annular chamber, and an outlet passage to remove cooling fluid from the annular chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Garrett Transportation I Inc.
    Inventors: Angelo Prior, Maurizio Barbone
  • Publication number: 20180044756
    Abstract: A tool system for stress relieving a turbocharger turbine wheel longitudinally welded to a hardened rotor shaft. The shaft has a journal bearing region and a turbine-end body forming an A datum surface for receiving an axial bearing. The tool system includes an induction coil and an electronic oscillator, and a tool. The tool forms an opening configured to receive the rotor shaft such that the journal bearing region of the shaft extends into the tool housing while the A datum surface adjoins an end of the tool housing. The induction coil is positioned around the turbine-end body. The housing forms an annular cooling chamber surrounding the journal bearing region of the shaft. The housing forms an inlet passage to provide cooling fluid to the annular chamber, and an outlet passage to remove cooling fluid from the annular chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Angelo Prior, Maurizio Barbone