Patents by Inventor Kevin Todd Bowers

Kevin Todd Bowers 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 regulating airflow supply systems
    Patent number: 7493770
    Abstract: A check valve is provided that includes a valve housing that has a side wall and a flow path therethrough, the side wall defining the flow path. The flow path includes an inlet, an outlet, and a centerline extending between the inlet and the outlet. At least one control member is positioned in the flow path and movable between a first position, wherein fluid flow through the valve housing is substantially prohibited and a second position wherein fluid flow is permitted. The side wall includes a stop configured to limit movement of the at least one control member at a pre-determined stop angle relative to the flow path centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eric Jon Christianson, Jerry Wayne Myers, John Mathew Hand, Kevin Todd Bowers
  • Methods and apparatus for supporting high temperature ducting
    Patent number: 6715297
    Abstract: A method enables a duct to be coupled to a gas turbine engine casing. The method comprises extending a first inner tube support member circumferentially around the duct, such that a radially inner side of the first inner tube support is against the duct, and wherein the first inner tube support member has a substantially curved cross sectional profile extending between the radially inner side of the first inner tube support, and a radially outer side of the first inner tube support. The method also comprises extending an outer tube support member circumferentially around the first inner tube support member such that the outer tube support member is against the first inner tube support member outer surface, and coupling the outer tube support member to the gas turbine engine casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Douglas Swinford, Kevin Todd Bowers
  • Methods and apparatus for supporting high temperature ducting
    Publication number: 20040055311
    Abstract: A method enables a duct to be coupled to a gas turbine engine casing. The method comprises extending a first inner tube support member circumferentially around the duct, such that a radially inner side of the first inner tube support is against the duct, and wherein the first inner tube support member has a substantially curved cross sectional profile extending between the radially inner side of the first inner tube support, and a radially outer side of the first inner tube support. The method also comprises extending an outer tube support member circumferentially around the first inner tube support member such that the outer tube support member is against the first inner tube support member outer surface, and coupling the outer tube support member to the gas turbine engine casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Douglas Swinford, Kevin Todd Bowers