Patents by Inventor Kenneth R. WILLETT

Kenneth R. WILLETT 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).

  • MATING ASSEMBLY FOR ANNULAR ENGINE COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20250043699
    Abstract: An apparatus for a turbine engine of a mating assembly with a casing and a shroud circumscribing the casing. One of the casing or shroud including at least one flange defining a v-groove. The other of the casing or shroud including an annular protrusion defining a v-blade received in the v-groove when the casing is mated with the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventor: Kenneth R. Willett
  • Engine with a thrust reverser lockout mechanism
    Patent number: 10344710
    Abstract: A turbofan engine having a thrust reverser having at least one movable control surface, movable to and from a reversing position where at least a portion of the bypass air flow is at least partially reversed, a thrust reverser actuation system having multiple actuators and a lockout mechanism movable between an inhibit condition, wherein movement of the multiple actuators is prevented, and a permit condition, wherein movement of the multiple actuators is permitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Willett, Brent Michael Ozanich, George Arnold Conway, Jonathan L. Spiry, Daniel Peter Beck, Jeffrey Michael Larkin
  • ENGINE WITH A THRUST REVERSER LOCKOUT MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20160076486
    Abstract: A turbofan engine having a thrust reverser having at least one movable control surface, movable to and from a reversing position where at least a portion of the bypass air flow is at least partially reversed, a thrust reverser actuation system having multiple actuators and a lockout mechanism movable between an inhibit condition, wherein movement of the multiple actuators is prevented, and a permit condition, wherein movement of the multiple actuators is permitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth R. WILLETT, Brent Michael Ozanich, George Arnold Conway, Jonathan L. Spiry, Daniel Peter Beck, Jeffrey Michael Larkin