Gerald Wayne Myers

US Patent:

20180003221, Jan 4, 2018

Filed:

Jan 30, 2015

Appl. No.:

15/544780

Inventors:

- München, DE
Gerald A. Myers - Fort Mill SC, US
William J. Curtin - Fort Mill SC, US
Michael Kursch - Dorsten, DE
Lothar K. Schulz - Oviedo FL, US

International Classification:

F16C 17/03
F16C 33/10
F16C 41/04

Abstract:

A rotor journal support system () configured to allow for a bearing shoe () to properly align to the rotor () while keeping the bearing shoe () constrained during handling, installation, and operation limit is disclosed. The rotor journal support system () may be configured to enable limited movement of a bearing shoe () such that when the rotor journal () is installed, the bearing shoe () is properly aligned with the rotor journal (), thereby requiring less torque to turn the rotor journal () from a stop than when the bearing shoe () is misaligned. The rotor journal support system () may include bearing shoe supports () extending radially outward from the bearing shoe (). The bearing shoe support () may include an outer bearing surface () having at least a partial spherical shape configured to bear against the aligning ring (). In this position, the bearing shoe support () enables the bearing shoe () to be moved in any direction other than circumferentially and radially outward.

US Patent:

20170219424, Aug 3, 2017

Filed:

Aug 26, 2014

Appl. No.:

15/500762

Inventors:

- München, DE
Gerald A. Myers - Fort Mill SC, US

International Classification:

G01J 1/02
F01D 17/02
F01D 11/00
G01J 1/04

Abstract:

A sealing system () for an optical sensor of a turbine engine that diverts and exhaust seal leakage away from the seal () to prevent ingestion of humid air through the seal () is disclosed. The sealing system () may include inner and outer optical housings () with first and second seals () positioned there between separating inner and outer optical housings () radially. The sealing system () may include one or more leakage manifolds () positioned between the first and second seals () and containing one or more manifold rings (). The manifold ring () may be positioned between and in contact with the first and second seals () enabling the first and second seals () to form a double seal. The manifold ring () may also be configured to capture leakage air that has seeped past the first seal () and exhaust that leakage air through one or more exhaust vents () in the outer optical housing () before leaking through the sealing system ().