Patents by Inventor Kenneth Alan Bachelder

Kenneth Alan Bachelder 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for supporting variable bypass valve systems
    Patent number: 6742324
    Abstract: A method enables a gas turbine engine variable bypass valve system to be assembled. The method comprises positioning a unison ring circumferentially within the gas turbine engine such that the unison ring is radially outward from a structural frame, coupling at least one bellcrank to the unison ring, such that the unison ring is radially supported only by said at least one bellcrank, and coupling the at least one bellcrank to a bellcrank support that is coupled to the structural frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Alan Bachelder, Donald James Welty
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING VARIABLE BYPASS VALVE SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20040050071
    Abstract: A method enables a gas turbine engine variable bypass valve system to be assembled. The method comprises positioning a unison ring circumferentially within the gas turbine engine such that the unison ring is radially outward from a structural frame, coupling at least one bellcrank to the unison ring, such that the unison ring is radially supported only by said at least one bellcrank, and coupling the at least one bellcrank to a bellcrank support that is coupled to the structural frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Kenneth Alan Bachelder, Donald James Welty