Resiliently Biased Patents (Class 415/231)
  • Vehicle water pump with improved slinger
    Patent number: 4992023
    Abstract: A slinger ring for a vehicle water pump shaft is given a scalloped outer lip, which causes the lip to undulate back and forth past vent holes in the bearing race as the pump shaft rotates. This provides a continual vent hole cleaning and scraping action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Steven F. Baker, Joseph L. Tengowski, Brent R. Behrman
  • Support for oil film dampers
    Patent number: 4981415
    Abstract: A relatively less complex segmented spring mounted under the bearing and damper or the same configuration segmented spring mounted on either side of the bearing and damper serves to center the shaft of a rotor of a gas turbine engine and is characterized as being simple, occupying minimum space, but being capable of maintaining an adequate fatigue stress margin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald A. Marmol, Walter E. Wojcicki
  • Fluid handling apparatus with shaft sleeve and extension
    Patent number: 4964646
    Abstract: In a fluid handling appartus comprising a multi-stage mechanical seal assembly, an additional mechanical seal assembly to maintain a substantially constant exit pressure of leakage from the last stage of the multi-stage mechanical seal assembly, and a novel driving arrangement between the motor and the fluid machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: BW/IP International, Inc.
    Inventor: Clark S. Boster