Patents by Inventor Jack M. Weil

Jack M. Weil 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).

  • Patent number: 4546865
    Abstract: Standard aircraft engine accessories like generators, alternators, fuel pumps, vacuum pumps, or air pumps are dually mounted on compact, remotely operable clutch members flanged to standard engine mounting pads for direct engine drive. The clutch member includes complementary mounting pads for such engine mount and has a throughbore for rotatably supporting a pair of journaled shafts respectively carrying, driving and drive clutch plates and power operating means for longitudinally shifting one of the plates to engage the other. One shaft includes a connection for a spool-type safety coupling to drive a spline shaft extending beyond the engine mounting pad to engage an engine driven gear. The other shaft includes complementary connection for a spool-type safety coupling for driving the engine accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Inventors: John R. Hodgman, Jack M. Weil