Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Renard

Timothy J. Renard 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).

  • INTEGRAL TILTING PAD BEARING
    Publication number: 20110188789
    Abstract: There is disclosed a bearing to support a rotating shaft. The bearing includes a cylindrical housing defining a central opening. A plurality of bearing pads integrally coupled to the housing with each bearing pad having a circumferential surface defining a portion of the central opening. A plurality of pins disposed in a bore defined in the housing, with each pin aligned as a pivot for each corresponding pad. Each pad can tilt about the pin in relation to the rotating shaft. Each pad is coupled to the housing by a pair of webs defined by a plurality of cuts forming a plurality of openings in the housing substantially parallel to a line tangent with the circumferential surface of the pad. Each pin is aligned parallel with the rotating pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Bischof, Randy Gerard Lindner, Timothy J. Renard, Thomas Lamar Richards, II
  • Integral tilting pad bearing
    Patent number: 7845855
    Abstract: There is disclosed a bearing to support a rotating shaft. The bearing includes a cylindrical housing defining a central opening. A plurality of bearing pads integrally coupled to the housing with each bearing pad having a circumferential surface defining a portion of the central opening. A plurality of pins disposed in a bore defined in the housing, with each pin aligned as a pivot for each corresponding pad. Each pad can tilt about the pin in relation to the rotating shaft. Each pad is coupled to the housing by a pair of webs defined by a plurality of cuts forming a plurality of openings in the housing substantially parallel to a line tangent with the circumferential surface of the pad. Each pin is aligned parallel with the rotating pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Delaware Capital Formation, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Bischof, Randy Gerard Lindner, Timothy J. Renard, Thomas Lamar Richards, II
  • Integral tilting pad bearing
    Publication number: 20080253706
    Abstract: There is disclosed a bearing to support a rotating shaft. The bearing includes a cylindrical housing defining a central opening. A plurality of bearing pads integrally coupled to the housing with each bearing pad having a circumferential surface defining a portion of the central opening. A plurality of pins disposed in a bore defined in the housing, with each pin aligned as a pivot for each corresponding pad. Each pad can tilt about the pin in relation to the rotating shaft. Each pad is coupled to the housing by a pair of webs defined by a plurality of cuts forming a plurality of openings in the housing substantially parallel to a line tangent with the circumferential surface of the pad. Each pin is aligned parallel with the rotating pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Bischof, Randy Gerard Lindner, Timothy J. Renard, Thomas Lamar Richards