Patents by Inventor Jeffery Fairchild

Jeffery Fairchild 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).

  • Seal and turbine mount
    Patent number: 4793768
    Abstract: Vibration and shock isolation, as well as working fluid flow path sealing in a turbine-type power plant having a turbine housing 18 with a radially directed peripheral outlet 38 is achieved by locating the turbine housing 18 within a tubular housing 44 with a radially inwardly opening port 46 aligned with the turbine housing outlet 38 and disposing elastomeric seal and turbine mounts 50, 52 mounted on spaced side walls 28 and 30 for sealing the outlet 38 to the port 46 and to serve as engine mounts for a turbine wheel 10 and the turbine housing 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery Fairchild, Anthony R. Smith, Steven Heitz
  • High temperature seal and turbine mount
    Patent number: 4696618
    Abstract: The outlet 38 of a turbine housing 18 may be sealed to a port 46 while at the same time mounting a turbine 10 and associated transmission 36 for vibration and shock isolation by locating elastomeric seal and turbine mounts 50, 52 on opposed walls 28 and 30 of the turbine housing 18 defining the outlet 38.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Assignee: Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery Fairchild, Steven A. Heitz, John Symington