Patents by Inventor Christopher Daniel Champion

Christopher Daniel Champion 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).

  • Canned motor pump thrust shoe heat shield
    Patent number: 10145377
    Abstract: A heat shield for a thrust bearing assembly of a pump. The heat shield includes a member having an inner surface and an outer surface. A raised flange is formed on a perimeter of the inner surface. The raised flange is configured to seal with a back surface of a thrust shoe holder, and form a cavity between the inner surface and the back surface of the thrust shoe holder. At least one weep hole is on the flange. The weep hole is configured to allow water to enter the cavity to form an insulating stagnant water layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: CURTISS-WRIGHT ELECTRO-MECHANICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Miles Humphrey, Christopher Daniel Champion, Russ Daniel Dilley
  • Canned Motor Pump Thrust Shoe Heat Shield
    Publication number: 20160290339
    Abstract: A heat shield for a thrust bearing assembly of a pump. The heat shield includes a member having an inner surface and an outer surface. A raised flange is formed on a perimeter of the inner surface. The raised flange is configured to seal with a back surface of a thrust shoe holder, and form a cavity between the inner surface and the back surface of the thrust shoe holder. At least one weep hole is on the flange. The weep hole is configured to allow water to enter the cavity to form an insulating stagnant water layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Robert Miles HUMPHREY, Christopher Daniel CHAMPION, Russ Daniel DILLEY
  • Disc springs/carrier plate preload assembly
    Patent number: 8439567
    Abstract: A preload assembly for a thrust bearing. The preload assembly includes a carrier plate having a central annular protrusion, wherein the annular protrusion has an inner diameter and an outer diameter; an inner disc spring; an outer disc spring; and a housing having an annular channel for housing the carrier plate, the inner disc spring, and the outer disc spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Curtiss-Wright Electro-Mechanical Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Witten Armentrout, Ryan Michael Voss, Christopher Daniel Champion, Richard Andrew Gronholm