Patents by Inventor George Ghanime

George Ghanime has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Jam tolerant actuator decoupler
    Patent number: 8839926
    Abstract: An actuator decoupler for selectively coupling and decoupling a driving part and a driven part of an actuation system is disclosed. The driving part can be coupled to the actuator decoupler, and the actuator decoupler can be coupled to the driven part via at least one coupling pin. In a selectively coupled state, the driven part can be at least one of rotationally and longitudinally fixed to the actuator decoupler and, thereby, the driving part. The actuator decoupler can be decoupled from the driven part through the use of a preloaded energy mechanism configured to disengage the at least one coupling pin from the driven part. Thereby, the actuator may be responsive to a jam in the actuation system to selectively decouple the driven part from the actuator decoupler and the driving part so that the driven part has freedom to translate at least one of rotationally and longitudinally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Suyu Hou, George Ghanime, David J. Wagner, Michael Colan Moscinski, Robert Zirin, Mahadevan Balasubramaniam
  • JAM TOLERANT ACTUATOR DECOUPLER
    Publication number: 20130256086
    Abstract: An actuator decoupler for selectively coupling and decoupling a driving part and a driven part of an actuation system is disclosed. The driving part can be coupled to the actuator decoupler, and the actuator decoupler can be coupled to the driven part via at least one coupling pin. In a selectively coupled state, the driven part can be at least one of rotationally and longitudinally fixed to the actuator decoupler and, thereby, the driving part. The actuator decoupler can be decoupled from the driven part through the use of a preloaded energy mechanism configured to disengage the at least one coupling pin from the driven part. Thereby, the actuator may be responsive to a jam in the actuation system to selectively decouple the driven part from the actuator decoupler and the driving part so that the driven part has freedom to translate at least one of rotationally and longitudinally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Suyu HOU, George GHANIME, David J. WAGNER, Michael Colan MOSCINSKI, Robert ZIRIN, Mahadevan BALASUBRAMANIAM
  • Collaboration control system and method
    Publication number: 20020188729
    Abstract: A collaboration control system and method for managing use of a plurality of resources includes a user information collection routine for collecting user account information for a user using the resources and creating an LDAP user account entry. A mirror routine automatically generates mirror persons from the user account entry and maintains the mirror persons within the resources to identify the user across the resources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Rui Zhou, Yu Wang, Hong Dai, George Ghanime