Patents by Inventor Fred E. Burdette

Fred E. Burdette 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).

  • Gas seal vanes of variable nozzle turbine
    Patent number: 4659295
    Abstract: A turbocharger having a variable nozzle vane assembly to be used in association with an engine. A nozzle ring having a plurality of rotatable vanes mounted thereto defining an annular passageway within the turbine housing through which exhaust gas passes upstream of a turbine. Included is a means for rotating the plurality of vanes and a means for preventing binding of the components during thermal cycling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: The Garrett Corporation
    Inventors: Fred E. Burdette, Jean-Luc Fleury, Manfred Roessler
  • Method of assembling a variable nozzle turbocharger
    Patent number: 4654941
    Abstract: A turbocharger having a variable nozzle vane assembly to be used in association with an engine. A nozzle ring having a plurality of rotatable vanes mounted thereto defining an annular passageway within the turbine housing through which exhaust gas passes upstream of a turbine. Included is a means for rotating the plurality of vanes and a means for preventing binding of the components during thermal cycling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: The Garrett Corporation
    Inventors: Fred E. Burdette, Jean-Luc Fleury, Manfred Roessler
  • Gas seal vanes of variable nozzle turbine
    Patent number: 4643640
    Abstract: A turbocharger having a variable nozzle vane assembly to be used in association with an engine. A nozzle ring having a plurality of rotatable vanes mounted thereto defining an annular passageway within the turbine housing through which exhaust gas passes upstream of a turbine. Included is a means for rotating the plurality of vanes and a means for preventing binding of the components during thermal cycling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: The Garrett Corporation
    Inventors: Fred E. Burdette, Jean-Luc Fleury, Manfred Rossler