Patents by Inventor Jeffery A. Rader

Jeffery A. Rader 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).

  • Segmented solid feed pump
    Patent number: 9114933
    Abstract: A system is provided with a segmented solid feed pump having a plurality of pump segments coupled together in series along a path. Each pump segment of the plurality of pump segments has opposite side walls disposed about a holding receptacle. The segmented solid feed pump also includes a first transport section disposed along a first portion of the path, wherein the first transport section includes a first inlet duct, a first outlet duct, and first opposite guides extending between the first inlet duct and the first outlet duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John S. Stevenson, Derek L. Aldred, Jeffery A. Rader
  • SEGMENTED SOLID FEED PUMP
    Publication number: 20140027246
    Abstract: A system is provided with a segmented solid feed pump having a plurality of pump segments coupled together in series along a path. Each pump segment of the plurality of pump segments has opposite side walls disposed about a holding receptacle. The segmented solid feed pump also includes a first transport section disposed along a first portion of the path, wherein the first transport section includes a first inlet duct, a first outlet duct, and first opposite guides extending between the first inlet duct and the first outlet duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John S. Stevenson, Derek L. Aldred, Jeffery A. Rader
  • Segmented solid feed pump
    Patent number: 8544633
    Abstract: A system is provided with a segmented solid feed pump having a plurality of pump segments disposed along a closed-loop path. The plurality of pump segments are coupled together in series along the closed-loop path, and the plurality of pump segments move along the closed-loop path. Furthermore, each pump segment includes a holding receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John S. Stevenson, Derek L. Aldred, Jeffery A. Rader
  • SEGMENTED SOLID FEED PUMP
    Publication number: 20120234652
    Abstract: A system is provided with a segmented solid feed pump having a plurality of pump segments disposed along a closed-loop path. The plurality of pump segments are coupled together in series along the closed-loop path, and the plurality of pump segments move along the closed-loop path. Furthermore, each pump segment includes a holding receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John S. Stevenson, Derek L. Aldred, Jeffery A. Rader