Patents by Inventor Helmut Klepper

Helmut Klepper 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).

  • Combined thrust and support bearing for turbogenerators
    Patent number: 4331366
    Abstract: A combined thrust and support bearing for turbogenerators, wherein within a stationary bearing block there is freely displaceable in the direction of the shaft axis a bearing housing rigidly connected with the end face or side of the turbine housing. Both of the thrust bearings and the support bearing arranged therebetween are fixed in axial direction within the bearing housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1982
    Assignee: BBC Brown, Boveri & Company Limited
    Inventors: Wolfgang Domer, Helmut Klepper