Patents by Inventor Arthur E. Mensing

Arthur E. Mensing 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: 4726694
    Abstract: A bearing arrangement which is to be used for supporting a rotatable shaft used in a system employing a pressurized medium at a pressure which is partially dependent on the speed of rotation of the shaft includes a main bearing sleeve mounted on a support and surrounding the shaft. The working medium is supplied between the shaft and the bearing sleeve to fully support the shaft in the bearing sleeve when the pressure of the working medium exceeds a predetermined value. The bearing arrangement further includes at least one, but possibly more than one, auxiliary bearing including a split bearing ring which has a conical outer circumferential surface and a stationary outer bearing ring surrounding the split bearing ring and having a conical inner ramp surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1988
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David J. McFarlin, Arthur E. Mensing