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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:
Jun. 25, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terence P Emerson, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
Alston L Gu, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
AlliedSignal Inc., Morris Township, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
417405 ; 415178 ; 415110 ; 384106 ;
Abstract
A turbopump which operates at cryogenic temperatures to pump cryogenic liquid fuels to high pressure which includes a rotating group including a shaft mounted turbine to directly drive a multistage pump with the rotating group being supported on process fluid foil journal bearings and a hydrostatic and hydrodynamic hybrid thrust bearing.