Patents by Inventor Jeffre Gerry Loewe

Jeffre Gerry Loewe 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).

  • ICE SHED REDUCTION FOR LEADING EDGE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20120312924
    Abstract: A leading edge structure for use in an aerospace vehicle includes a body having a flowpath surface which defines a leading edge adapted to face an air flow during operation, and an opposed inner surface. The body is segmented into a plurality of portions having varying thermal properties and/or mechanical discontinuities, so as to promote stress concentrations in ice attached to the flowpath surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Edward Atwood Rainous, Barry Lynn Allmon, Jeffre Gerry Loewe, William Clarke Brooks, Lee Alan Blanton, Courtney James Tudor, Vicky Showalter Budinger
  • Ice shed reduction for leading edge structures
    Patent number: 8245981
    Abstract: A leading edge structure for use in an aerospace vehicle includes a body having a flowpath surface which defines a leading edge adapted to face an air flow during operation, and an opposed inner surface. The body is segmented into a plurality of portions having varying thermal properties and/or mechanical discontinuities, so as to promote stress concentrations in ice attached to the flowpath surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward Atwood Rainous, Barry Lynn Allmon, Jeffre Gerry Loewe, William Clarke Brooks, Lee Alan Blanton, Courtney James Tudor, Vicky Showalter Budinger
  • Ice shed reduction for leading edge structures
    Patent number: 7992823
    Abstract: A leading edge structure for use in an aerospace vehicle includes a body having a flowpath surface which defines a leading edge adapted to face an air flow during operation; and a metallic icephobic plating comprising nickel applied to at least a portion of the flowpath surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward Atwood Rainous, Barry Lynn Allmon, Jeffre Gerry Loewe, William Clarke Brooks, Lee Alan Blanton, Courtney James Tudor, Vicky Showalter Budinger
  • ICE SHED REDUCTION FOR LEADING EDGE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20090272850
    Abstract: A leading edge structure for use in an aerospace vehicle includes a body having a flowpath surface which defines a leading edge adapted to face an air flow during operation, and an opposed inner surface. The body is segmented into a plurality of portions having varying thermal properties and/or mechanical discontinuities, so as to promote stress concentrations in ice attached to the flowpath surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Edward Atwood Rainous, Barry Lynn Allmon, Jeffre Gerry Loewe, William Clarke Brooks, Lee Alan Blanton, Courtney James Tudor, Vicky Showalter Budinger
  • ICE SHED REDUCTION FOR LEADING EDGE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20090272095
    Abstract: A leading edge structure for use in an aerospace vehicle includes a body having a flowpath surface which defines a leading edge adapted to face an air flow during operation; and a metallic icephobic plating comprising nickel applied to at least a portion of the flowpath surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 5, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Edward Atwood Rainous, Barry Lynn Allmon, Jeffre Gerry Loewe, William Clarke Brooks, Lee Alan Blanton, Courtney James Tudor, Vicky Showalter Budinger