Patents by Inventor Gilbert H. Kempinger

Gilbert H. Kempinger 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: 5080555
    Abstract: A turbine support for reacting structural loads from a rotor bearing cage to a case of a gas turbine engine. The turbine support includes a homogeneous main casting and a rotor bearing cage. The main casting has concentrically arranged inner, intermediate and outer walls. The bearing cage is radially inboard and a rigid appendage of the inner wall. The inner and intermediate walls define therebetween a longitudinal segment of the annular hot gas flow path of the engine. The outer wall is bolted to the engine case. The inner wall is connected to the intermediate wall by a plurality of generally radially oriented, angularly separated inner load bearing struts of the main casting. The outer wall is connected to the intermediate wall by a plurality of radially oriented, angularly separated outer load bearing struts of the main casting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Gilbert H. Kempinger