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John C. Layer — 8 Patents

SUSundstrand: 5 patents #99 of 697Top 15%
MOMoog: 2 patents #70 of 297Top 25%
Caledonia, IL: #8 of 34 inventorsTop 25%
Illinois: #11,515 of 84,256 inventorsTop 15%
Overall (All Time): #600,572 of 4,157,543Top 15%
8 Patents All Time
John C. Layer has been granted 8 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sundstrand. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in December 2025. John C. Layer ranks #600,572 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 14.4%). Patent records list John C. Layer in Caledonia, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2022Bar chart with a peak of 2 patents in 1989.peak 21987: 1 patents19871988: 1 patents19881989: 2 patents19891991: 1 patents19911999: 1 patents19992022: 1 patents2022

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12497276 Autonomous load moving electric vehicle Luke G. Finley, Thomas J. Greier, Mark J. Underhill 2025-12-16
11274533 Linear motor for pumping Gregory M. Harnsberger, Carl Deirmengian, Brian Joseph Williams, David P. Cardamone 2022-03-15
5931739 Fail-safe ride simulator Gregory Joseph Guzewich, Larry D. Hall 1999-08-03
4986734 Overspeed protection system for aircraft fan engine Jeffrey D. Metcalf 1991-01-22 $2,520,000
4869106 Governor checkout apparatus and method Jeffrey D. Metcalf 1989-09-26 $1,350,000
4838403 Overtravel stop activated control valve 1989-06-13 $4,564,000
4721196 Overtravel stop Jeffrey D. Metcalf 1988-01-26 $1,967,000
4693352 Clutch mechanism David J. Lang, William G. Durtschi 1987-09-15 $813,000