Darin Linn Thorp

7584676, Sep 8, 2009

Apr 18, 2007

11/736845

David Eichenberger - Sanford NC, US
Darin Thorp - Montpelier OH, US
Spencer Zeedyk - Bryan OH, US
Steve Diacumakos - Apex NC, US
Bill Piekarski - Dunellen NJ, US
Jeremy Odell - Bryan OH, US

Ingersoll Rand Company - Montvale NJ

F02N 1/00

74 6, 12317931

A starter includes: a gear housing mounted near an engine to be started; a speed reducing gear assembly within the gear housing; an output member aligned with a movable portion of the engine and rotatable under the influence of the gear assembly to move the movable portion to initiate operation of the engine; a motor housing mounted to the gear housing; and a fluid-driven motor within the motor housing and including a motor shaft rotating at a first speed to drive rotation of the speed reducing gear assembly, such that the output member is driven at a second speed lower than the first speed. The motor housing and motor are serviceable without changing the alignment of the output member relative to the movable portion of the engine.

7806011, Oct 5, 2010

May 14, 2007

11/747971

David Eichenberger - Sanford NC, US
Jeremy Odell - Bryan OH, US
Spencer Zeedyk - Bryan OH, US
Darin Thorp - Montpelier OH, US

Ingersoll Rand Company - Montvale NJ

F02N 1/00

74 6, 2988802, 12317931, 415229

An engine starter includes a motor housing having an inlet and an outlet for a motive fluid, a fluid-driven motor within the motor housing, the motor including a rotor and a stator, the stator directing a flow of fluid over the rotor, thereby inducing rotation of the rotor about an axis and exerting an axial force on the rotor and an output shaft operably coupled to the rotor such that rotation of the rotor drives rotation of the shaft about the axis. A front and a rear ball bearing assembly support the rotor. A front biasing member is pre-loaded to exert a first biasing load on the front ball bearing assembly and a rear biasing member is pre-loaded to exert a second biasing load on the rear ball bearing assembly in opposition of the axial force exerted on the rotor. The biasing members distribute the axial force between the two ball bearing assemblies.

20070245896, Oct 25, 2007

Apr 25, 2006

11/410640

Darin Thorp - Montpelier OH, US
Spencer Zeedyk - Bryan OH, US

Ingersoll-Rand Company - Montvale NJ

B01D 53/22

096007000

A modular nitrogen generator including a housing including a bracket and defining an interior space, a flow path having an inlet adapted to receive compressed air and an outlet in fluid communication with a storage tank, an inlet manifold, an outlet manifold, and a modular membrane canister supportable on the mounting bracket within the interior space and positioned along the flow path between the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold to receive compressed air from the inlet manifold, extract nitrogen from the compressed air, and deliver the nitrogen to the outlet manifold. The flow path can be adapted to receive an additional modular membrane canister in a parallel flow configuration with the modular membrane canister to increase nitrogen output capacity of the nitrogen generator.

56239688, Apr 29, 1997

Dec 18, 1995

8/573623

Darin J. Thorp - Montpelier OH

Ingersoll-Rand Company - Woodcliff Lake NJ

F15B 13043

13762566

A valve assembly for a pneumatic machine including a valve body having a first end, a second end, a central bore extending through the ends and a plurality of flow ports formed in the body; a valve spool movable through the bore along an axis in response to the flow of gas through the valve, to selectively open and seal the ports; an main inlet valve for moving the valve spool a distance along the axis; and a manually actuated means for overriding the main inlet valve.