Patents by Inventor John C. Scott

John C. Scott 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).

  • Method of improving air flow in compact disc drive
    Patent number: 4280155
    Abstract: A method is described for improving the air flow over the surfaces of magnetic recording discs in a disc drive having a plurality of rotatingly driven such discs each having adiameter of less than nine inches and being coaxial and spaced from one another, and such disc drive having a plurality of selectively positionable magnetic transducer heads overlying portions of the discs, the method including spacing adjacent such discs a predetermined minimum distance from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1981
    Assignee: Memorex Mini Disc Drive Corp.
    Inventors: John C. Scott, Robert I. McClure
  • Removable instrumentation probe
    Patent number: 4244221
    Abstract: A removable instrumentation probe comprising a hollow member, preferably generally cylindrical, which extends through an opening in a wall. The member includes a band which projects outwardly from the member and is comprised of a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart tapered or curved segments which engage the interior of the wall opening to facilitate assembly and removal of the probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: John C. Scott
  • Instrumentation probe
    Patent number: 4244222
    Abstract: An improved instrumentation probe is disclosed for use within a turbomachine, including an airfoil, such as of a vane, having a portion of its airfoil leading edge removed. The probe is disposed adjacent to the airfoil to replace the removed airfoil leading edge portion and to aerodynamically form the leading edge of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Z. Hoyer, John C. Scott