Patents by Inventor John R. Menke

John R. Menke 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
  • Journal bearing
    Patent number: 3955860
    Abstract: 1. An improved journal bearing comprising in combination a non-rotatable cylindrical bearing member having a first bearing surface, a rotatable cylindrical bearing member having a confronting second bearing surface having a plurality of bearing elements, a source of lubricant adjacent said bearing elements for supplying lubricant thereto, each bearing element consisting of a pair of elongated relatively shallowly depressed surfaces lying in a cylindrical surface co-axial with the non-depressed surface and diverging from one another in the direction of rotation and obliquely arranged with respect to the axis of rotation of said rotatable member to cause a flow of lubricant longitudinally along said depressed surfaces from their distal ends toward their proximal ends as said bearing members are rotated relative to one another, each depressed surface subtending a radial angle of less than 360.degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1949
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
    Inventors: John R. Menke, Gilbert F. Boeker