Patents by Inventor Gregory C. Piotrowski

Gregory C. Piotrowski 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).

  • Publication number: 20110103731
    Abstract: An anti-rotational locking device (8) for a roller bearing assembly (A) having an annular ring (50) attached to an outer race (24) of the roller bearing assembly (A), an outer lip (52) extending from the annular ring (50), an inner lip (54) extending from the annular ring (50), the inner lip (54) being capable of engagement by a tool (58) for adjusting the bearing setting of the roller bearing assembly (A) within a housing (2), and a fastener (70) being capable of engaging the outer lip (52) to secure the roller bearing assembly (A) at a desired bearing setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventors: Glen R. Fahrni, Gregory C. Piotrowski
  • Patent number: 7686313
    Abstract: A speed sensor for a wheel end that has an interior that is substantially isolated from an atmosphere around the wheel end. The speed sensor is carried by a housing of the wheel end for monitoring the rotation of the wheel end and indicating the angular velocity of the wheel end. The speed sensor includes a cable leading from the sensor to a location remote from the wheel end and further includes leads that transmit a signal and a sheath that encloses the leads. The sheath is open enough to allow a fluid to flow through its interior. A vent channel provides communication between the interior of the wheel end and the interior of the sheath on the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: The Timken Company
    Inventors: Russell F. Folger, Michael A. Gromosiak, Gregory C. Piotrowski
  • Patent number: 7174827
    Abstract: A compressor assembly comprising a housing having a shaft bore therein, a main shaft positioned for rotation within the shaft bore, at least one roller thrust bearing and a thurst surface bearing clip. The thrust surface bearing clip comprises a first position configured for fixed engagement with the housing and a second portion extending from the first portion and configured for supporting a thurst surface in a position spaced from the rotating shaft, the thrust surface providing a bearing surface for the roller thrust bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Timken US Corporation
    Inventors: Arnold E. Fredericksen, Kenneth B. Whitecross, Gregory C. Piotrowski