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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:
Sep. 22, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Melvin Bobo, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384 99 ; 248562 ;
Abstract
A flow control ring in a concentric groove in the outer surface of an outer rolling element bearing race of a shaft fluid damper has an inner diameter larger than the inner diameter of the groove and moves in the groove to control discharge of damper fluid through radial fluid flow passages in the groove for fluid pressure control in the damper.