Patents by Inventor Peter G. Stopp

Peter G. Stopp 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).

  • Tilting pad journal bearing
    Patent number: 5743657
    Abstract: This invention relates to journal bearings of the tilting pad type in which a ring of circumferentially spaced bearing pads are disposed in a housing to surround coaxially a rotating shaft, and are capable of tilting in the housing on at least an axis substantially parallel with the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: The Glacier Metal Company Limited
    Inventors: Peter D O'Reilly, Peter G Stopp
  • Thrust bearing
    Patent number: 4335925
    Abstract: This invention is a tilting thrust pad bearing in which bearing pads 11 are supported on individual pillars 19 which themselves bear on supporting bars 23, carried by rockers 24. The supporting bars and rockers are identical components and can be used in different numbers for large diameter and small diameter bearings, while yet where they support one another, there can be one point or two point connection by virtue of an arcuate ridge 41 at one end of each component, and a slightly domed surface 43 at the other end of each component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1982
    Assignee: The Glacier Metal Company, Limited
    Inventor: Peter G. Stopp