Richard Allen Nicholson

US Patent:

8292034, Oct 23, 2012

Filed:

Nov 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/946103

Inventors:

James Kevin Mount - Cincinnati OH, US
Richard Walker Nicholson - Cincinnati OH, US
Duane Howard Anstead - Fairfield OH, US
Robert Proctor - West Chester OH, US
Pradeep Hemant Sangli - Bangalore, IN
Prasad Laxman Kane - Pune, IN
Mark Leonard Hopper - West Chester OH, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

B05B 12/00

US Classification:

184 611, 138 89, 60 3908

Abstract:

The present invention provides an air-oil separator comprising a first region having a mixture of air and oil, a second region wherein separation of at least some of the oil from the air-oil mixture occurs and at least one multi-directional injector plug located on a rotating component in flow communication with the first region and the second region, the multi-directional injector plug having a discharge head that is oriented such that at least a part of the air-oil mixture discharged therefrom has a component of velocity that is tangential to the direction of rotation of the rotating component.

US Patent:

8443843, May 21, 2013

Filed:

Sep 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/617462

Inventors:

James Kevin Mount - Cincinnati OH, US
Richard Walker Nicholson - Cincinnati OH, US
Duane Howard Anstead - Fairfield OH, US
Robert Proctor - West Chester OH, US
Pradeep Hemant Sangli - Bangalore, IN
Prasad Laxman Kane - Pune, IN
Mark Leonard Hopper - West Chester OH, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F16L 55/10

US Classification:

138 89, 138 90

Abstract:

The present invention provides an air-oil separator comprising a first region having a mixture of air and oil, a second region wherein separation of at least some of the oil from the air-oil mixture occurs and at least one multi-directional injector plug located on a rotating component in flow communication with the first region and the second region, the multi-directional injector plug having a discharge head that is oriented such that at least a part of the air-oil mixture discharged therefrom has a component of velocity that is tangential to the direction of rotation of the rotating component.

US Patent:

20090034896, Feb 5, 2009

Filed:

Jun 11, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/137042

Inventors:

Kenneth Lee Fisher - Blue Ash OH, US
Richard Walker Nicholson - Cincinnati OH, US
Mark Hopper - West Chester OH, US
Gary Paul Moscarino - Cincinnati OH, US
Steven Alan Ross - Cincinnati OH, US
Michael Slusher - Hamilton OH, US

International Classification:

F16C 33/41
F16C 33/38

US Classification:

384531, 384523

Abstract:

A bearing retainer having an inner portion, an outer portion spaced apart from said inner portion, and an intermediate portion connecting the inner portion and the outer portion, such that the inner portion and the outer portion are radially spaced apart and define a space therebetween, and a contact surface on at least one of the inner portion and the outer portion for engaging a component of a bearing assembly disposed in the space.