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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ira J Campbell, East Bradford, PA (US);
Philip W Ketterer, Norristown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4151 / ; 384273 ; 384312 ; 2952 / ; 2915 / ; 29464 ;
Abstract
An improved method and apparatus for changing alignment shims used in conventional three-key bearing support systems for steam turbine rotors is provided by coupling the two lower bearing support pads together to maintain their fixed relationship relative to the spherical bore within which they are mounted.