John R Mears

52134717, May 25, 1993

Sep 4, 1990

7/576884

Edwin K. Miller - West Chester OH
Robert L. Roberts - West Chester OH
Petr Hora - West Chester OH
David L. Joyce - West Chester OH
John S. Mears - Cincinnati OH

General Electric Company - Cincinnati OH

B65H 300

416 44

The invention concerns a system for controlling an aircraft propeller. A hydraulic motor controls pitch of the propeller blades. The propeller blades are characterized by the absence of feather-inducing counterweights. An overspeed governor senses when propeller speed exceeds a limit, and, in response, assumes control of the hydraulic motor and drives the blades toward a coarsened pitch position, which reduces the propeller speed. In another form of the invention, a mechanical brake can override the hydraulic motor and mechanically retard a rotating gear, which causes the propeller blades to move toward a coarsened pitch.

57526745, May 19, 1998

Aug 21, 1996

8/700955

John S. Mears - Cincinnati OH
Ronald A. Bulow - Cincinnati OH
David L. Joyce - West Chester OH
Kevin H. Kast - Cincinnati OH

General Electric Company - Cincinnati OH

B64D 1500

244134R

A system is provided for reducing ice mass on an aircraft engine. A compressor inlet temperature and pressure sensor measures total temperature and total pressure at the inlet to the engine compressor. An ice shield is provided, wherein a plurality of wedge portions has multiple protrusions for promoting ice formation in multiple locations. The ice shield is separable from the sensor with which it interfaces. The ice shield comprises straight angle wedge shapes and curved surfaces to separate and minimize ice accretion in desired locations. The mass of each resultant ice formation is reduced to a size that the compressor inlet blades can withstand without deformation.

20210408699, Dec 30, 2021

Jun 26, 2020

16/912956

- Grand Rapids MI, US
John S. Mears - Cincinnati OH, US

H01R 4/20
H01R 13/52
H01R 13/622

A crimp pin electrical connector comprising a shell defining an interior with a first and a second opening, a flange circumscribing the shell, an insert located within the interior and extending through the first opening. The insert comprising at least one crimp pin including a crimp and a pin provided within at least one passage included within the interior of the shell.

20200217250, Jul 9, 2020

Jan 4, 2019

16/240245

- Grand Rapids MI, US
Clifford D. Westerlund - Rockford IL, US
Jason D. Wilkening - South Beloit IL, US
Robert D. Grennan - Byron IL, US
Michael George Schneider - Dayton OH, US
John S. Mears - Cincinnati OH, US

F02C 7/18
F01D 5/08
F02C 3/08

An apparatus and method for a generator for generating power having a rotary union between a rotor and a stator, the rotary union comprising a first fluid passage having a converging nozzle and located within the stator having a first inlet and a first outlet, a second fluid passage having a diverging nozzle and located within the rotor and having a second inlet and a second outlet, the second inlet is aligned with the first outlet and at least one gap located between the rotor and stator.

20190199169, Jun 27, 2019

Dec 21, 2017

15/850719

- Grand Rapids MI, US
John S. Mears - Cincinnati OH, US
Xiaochuan Jia - Centerville OH, US
Samuel Robert Hathaway - Cincinnati OH, US

H02K 9/19
F02C 7/32
H02K 7/18

A generator includes a housing, a rotor within the housing and rotatable about an axis of rotation, and a coolant sump within the housing and arranged axially parallel with the axis of rotation, wherein an aeroline of the generator can at least partially limit an aeroline of an engine cowling.

20170314695, Nov 2, 2017

Oct 20, 2014

15/520724

- Baltimore MD, US
John S. MEARS - Cincinnati OH, US

F16K 17/38
F16K 31/00

A fluid supply assembly having a conduit through which a fluid may be supplied. A thermal shut-off may be provided to control the supply of fluid through the conduit in response to an environmental temperature condition.

20150275821, Oct 1, 2015

Jun 12, 2015

14/738139

- Valencia CA, US
John Stephen Mears - Cincinnati OH, US
George Conway - Duarte CA, US
Brent Michael Ozanich - Yakima WA, US
Michael Alan Stieg - Cincinnati OH, US
Jesus Anaya - Queretaro, MX
Joseph Thomas Kopecek - Santa Clarita CA, US

F02K 1/76
B64D 31/00

In some aspects, an aircraft engine thrust reverser lock system includes a pin-capturing member. The pin-capturing member includes a body that is rotatable about an axis defined by a pivot extending through the body. The body includes an interior surface that defines a slot. The slot has an opening that is sized to receive a pin into the slot. One side of the slot includes a protruded sidewall surface that protrudes into the slot toward an another sidewall surface of the slot. The protruded sidewall surface defines an apex between the open and closed ends of the slot. Between the apex and the closed end of the slot, the protruded sidewall surface faces the rotational axis.

20150089936, Apr 2, 2015

Sep 27, 2013

14/038911

- Grand Rapids MI, US
John S. Mears - Cincinnati OH, US

GE Aviation Systems LLC - Grand Rapids MI

F15B 21/04

60453

An aircraft hydraulic system for operating a plurality of hydraulically-operated actuators in the aircraft having a hydraulic reservoir in which hydraulic fluid is stored, a hydraulic distribution system coupling the hydraulic reservoir to the actuators and having a main flow line coupled to the hydraulic reservoir, a hydraulic pump fluidly coupled to the main flow line and the hydraulic reservoir to pump hydraulic fluid from the reservoir to the main flow line, a main filtration system fluidly coupled to the main flow line upstream of at least some of the actuators, and a self-cleaning filter fluidly coupled upstream of the main filtration system.