Patents by Inventor Henry A. Boorse

Henry A. Boorse 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).

  • Fluid lubricated bearing assembly
    Patent number: 3960468
    Abstract: 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1946
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
    Inventors: Henry A. Boorse, Gilbert F. Boeker, John R. Menke
  • Fluid lubricated bearing construction
    Patent number: 3951573
    Abstract: 1. A fluid lubricated thrust bearing assembly comprising, in combination, a first bearing member having a plain bearing surface, a second bearing member having a bearing surface confronting the bearing surface of said first bearing member and provided with at least one spiral groove extending inwardly from the periphery of said second bearing member, one of said bearing members having an axial fluid-tight well, a source of fluid lubricant adjacent to the periphery of said second bearing member, and means for relatively rotating said bearing members to cause said lubricant to be drawn through said groove and to flow between said bearing surfaces, whereby a sufficient pressure is built up between said bearing surfaces and in said well to tend to separate said bearing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1946
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
    Inventors: John R. Dunning, Henry A. Boorse, Gilbert F. Boeker