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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:
Jan. 02, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eric Tremaine, Quebec, CA;
Allan B Newland, Quebec, CA;
Assignee:
Pratt & Whitney Canada, Inc., Quebec, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415164 ; 415150 ;
Abstract
A ring gear (20) rotates circumferentially about a plain bearing (22) secured to the housing (10) of a centrifugal gas compressor. The ring gear (20) drives sector gears (18) for positioning variable guide vanes (14). A lever arm (32), actuator (36) and linkage (38, 40, 50) is provided for driving the ring gear (20).