Patents by Inventor Merle L. Bennett

Merle L. Bennett 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).

  • Patent number: 5300848
    Abstract: A dual permanent magnet generator (10) is provided with a differential gear arrangement (20) comprising two ring gears (21, 26), two planetary gears (30, 31) and a carrier (32) which is splined to an input shaft (12) in the generator (10) so as to rotate the carrier (32) at the same speed as the input shaft (12) while allowing the input shaft (12) to shift axially. One of the ring gears (21) has a threaded connection (18, 38) with the input shaft (12). Consequently, as either the ring gear (21) or the ring gear (26) is slowed down through the application of a resistive load on small generators (22, 23 and 27, 28) associated with the respective ring gears (21, 26), the threaded connection (18, 38) will cause the input shaft (12) to move axially in one of two directions and, via lefthand and righthand spline connections (15, 16) between the input shaft (12) and main rotors (13, 13'), cam the rotors (13, 13') to shift into and out of phase with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: Sunstrand Corporation
    Inventors: John B. Huss, Merle L. Bennett, Richard J. Hoppe
  • Patent number: 5014181
    Abstract: A magnetic amplifier package (1) comprises a diode rectifier (6) and a plurality of saturable reactors in the form of toroids (2) having cores (3), gate windings (4) and control windings (5). The diode rectifier and the saturable reactors are located within a housing (7) of the package. The housing has an inlet (18) and outlet (19) for cooling fluid and a passage (20) within the housing for circulating coolant between the inlet and the outlet for cooling both the diode rectifier and the saturable reactors. The magnetic amplifier package is compact, lightweight and efficiently cooled to facilitate its use in aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Anderson, Merle L. Bennett
  • Patent number: 4932687
    Abstract: A fitting that is adapted for use between two adjacent frame members that are mechanically isolated from one another. The fitting has two flanged members one fixed to each frame member and a pressurized liquid coolant flow channel with a pair of bellows units on opposite sides of an intermediate ring that is loosely mounted on the outer surface of a spool attached to one member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Assignee: Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: William K. Anderson, Merle L. Bennett