Patent ID: 8381617

Claim:
A dual end gear compressor starting torque converter (CSTC) for use in a string of rotating machines, said dual end gear CSTC comprising: a compressor starting torque converter (CSTC); an input end and an output end; a lock-up mechanism for mechanically connecting the CSTC input end to the CSTC output end at synchronous speed between the input end and the output end; a speed reducing gear train at the input end comprises: a housing surrounding and enclosing said speed reducing gear train, a speed reducing gear train input shaft connected to a high speed gear, said high speed gear connected to a low speed gear carried by a speed reducing gear train output shaft, said speed reducing gear train output shaft drives said CSTC a speed increasing gear train at the output end, wherein said speed reducing gear train comprising an output shaft integral with and common to an input shaft of said CSTC, said speed increasing gear train comprises an input shaft integral with and common to an output shaft of said CSTC, and said speed reducing gear train output shaft and said speed increasing gear train input shaft are each supported by a pair of radial bearings and a single thrust bearing.