Patents by Inventor R. Davis Pine

R. Davis Pine 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).

  • Three-pad journal bearing
    Patent number: 4497587
    Abstract: An oil lubricated, double tilting, three pad journal bearing includes three pads asymmetrically located with respect to each other and with respect to the horizontal and vertical centerline of a horizontally disposed steam turbine shaft. Each pad has associated therewith an oil feed dam. Apparatus for lubricating supplies oil to a channel, formed by the feed dam and its corresponding pad, and the rotating shaft draws the oil from the reservoir as a film into the interstice defined by the shaft surface and the pad face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: R. Davis Pine