Patents by Inventor Will R. HIPPEN

Will R. HIPPEN 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).

  • BEARINGS FOR A TURBOCHARGER
    Publication number: 20180030988
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a housing, a shaft received therein, a turbine wheel affixed to the shaft at or adjacent to a first end thereof, a compressor wheel affixed to the shaft at or adjacent to a second, opposite end thereof, a first bearing received on the shaft between the turbine wheel and the compressor wheel, and a second bearing received on the shaft between the first bearing and the compressor wheel. One of the first and second bearings is floating relative to the shaft and affixed to the housing, and the other is floating relative to the shaft and also floating relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Tyler R. GARRARD, Will R. HIPPEN, Christopher MESZAROS