Patents by Inventor Bertil Jönsson

Bertil Jönsson 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: 7470110
    Abstract: Method and arrangement for providing a turbine or compressor device having a rotor (1), that includes a first rotor section (2) having at least one disc-shaped or annular element (3) which has a multiplicity of blades (4) arranged in series on a circumferential path for guiding a gas flow, and a second, elongate rotor section (5) which projects at right-angles from the rotor disc (3) and which has a rotor shaft (6) connected to the rotor disc. A first and second bearing (8, 9) are fitted at a distance from one another along the rotor shaft (6), and the first bearing (8) is arranged closer to the rotor disc (3) than the second bearing (9). The bearing holder (25) of the first bearing (8) has a greater outside width than other than other components (9, 14, 15, 31) arranged on the rotor shaft (6) between the first bearing (8) and the free end of the rotor shaft (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Volvo Aero Corporation
    Inventor: Bertil Jönsson
  • Patent number: 7096675
    Abstract: A device for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine for controlling the intake of gas into the combustion zone of the combustion chamber. The device includes a control element that is arranged outside the combustion chamber. This control element has a first covering for at least a first inlet to the combustion zone and is displaceable in relation to the combustion chamber. There is also a support for the control element that is connected to the cover. The cover is displaceable relative to the combustion chamber and a support (16) for the control element (12, 12?) is connected to the cover. The support (16) is accommodated in a structure (4) at a rear of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Volvo Aero Corporation
    Inventors: Bertil Jönsson, Patrik Johansson
  • Patent number: 6915640
    Abstract: Method and device (1) for supplying fuel to a combustion chamber that includes at least one main injector (3) and at least one pilot injector (2). The device includes a fuel tank (4), a line system (5) coupled from the fuel tank to the injectors (2, 3), a pump (6) for pumping fuel from the tank to the injectors, and a first regulator valve (7) for regulating the flow of fuel in a first line (8) in the system which is connected to the pilot injector (2). The device further includes a second regulator valve (9) for regulating the flow of fuel through a second line (10) in the system, which is connected to the pilot injector (2). The second regulator valve (9) is designed to regulate a substantially smaller flow than the first regulator valve (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Volvo Aero Corporation
    Inventor: Bertil Jönsson
  • Patent number: 6901661
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing a vane (1) to a gas turbine component intended for guiding a gas flow. The vane (1) is produced by casting, and an internal hole (3) for coolant is then cut out of the cast vane (1). The vane (1) is provided with a starter hole (5), either during casting or once casting is completed, following which the internal hole (3) for coolant is cut out of the vane, proceeding from the starter hole. A method is also disclosed for manufacturing a gas turbine component including a plurality of vanes (1) for guiding a gas flow. The gas turbine component is cast in such a way that it includes the vanes and an internal hole (3) for coolant is then cut out of each of the vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Volvo Aero Corporation
    Inventors: Bertil Jönsson, Lars Sundin
  • Patent number: 6883331
    Abstract: Method and arrangement for providing a gas turbine (1) having a first compressor (2), a combustion chamber (16) and a first turbine (11), the turbine being adapted to drive the compressor via a first shaft (10a, 10b). The gas turbine also has a bleed valve (12) arranged upstream of the first turbine for conducting part of a gas compressed by the compressor past it during engine braking. The invention also relates to a method for engine-braking a gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Volvo Aero Corporation
    Inventors: Bertil Jönsson, Lars Sundin