Patents by Inventor Nathan Edward Theiss

Nathan Edward Theiss 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).

  • Turbocharger assembly
    Patent number: 11353040
    Abstract: A turbocharger assembly can include a housing that includes a bore defined by a bore wall and a pin socket that forms an opening in the bore wall; a bearing that includes a pin opening defined by a pin opening surface; a pin, where the pin includes a longitudinal pin axis and a pin surface; a groove in the pin opening surface or the pin surface, where the groove includes an axial length; wherein, in a positioned state of bearing in the bore and the pin in the pin socket with part of the pin in the pin opening, a clearance exists between the bearing and the bore wall, where the groove is in fluid communication with the clearance to form a supply path for lubricant from the clearance to an interface between the pin surface and the pin opening surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Garrett Transportation I Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Theiss, Shane Fong Jung, Juan Gabriel Guadiana Cerrillo, Mrunal Sawant, Colin Joseph Hussey
  • TURBOCHARGER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20210270285
    Abstract: A turbocharger assembly can include a housing that includes a bore defined by a bore wall and a pin socket that forms an opening in the bore wall; a bearing that includes a pin opening defined by a pin opening surface; a pin, where the pin includes a longitudinal pin axis and a pin surface; a groove in the pin opening surface or the pin surface, where the groove includes an axial length; wherein, in a positioned state of bearing in the bore and the pin in the pin socket with part of the pin in the pin opening, a clearance exists between the bearing and the bore wall, where the groove is in fluid communication with the clearance to form a supply path for lubricant from the clearance to an interface between the pin surface and the pin opening surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan Edward Theiss, Shane Fong Jung, Juan Gabriel Guadiana Cerrillo, Mrunal Sawant, Colin Joseph Hussey