Patents by Inventor Brad Patterson

Brad Patterson 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: 10371377
    Abstract: A burner assembly combines oxygen and fuel to produce a flame. The burner assembly includes an oxygen supply tube adapted to receive a stream of oxygen and a solid fuel conduit arranged to extend through the oxygen tube to convey a stream of fluidized, pulverized, solid fuel into a flame chamber. Oxygen flowing through the oxygen supply tube passes generally tangentially through a first set of oxygen-injection holes formed in the solid fuel conduit and off-tangentially from a second set of oxygen-injection holes formed in the solid fuel conduit and then mixes with fluidized, pulverized, solid fuel passing through the solid fuel conduit to create an oxygen-fuel mixture in a downstream portion of the solid fuel conduit. This mixture is discharged into a flame chamber and ignited in the flame chamber to produce a flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Taylor, Brad Patterson, Jayson Perdue
  • Patent number: 10253977
    Abstract: A gaseous fuel-air burner having a bluff body flame stabilizer, and methods of operating the same, are described herein. One device includes a bluff body configured to stabilize a flame produced by the gaseous fuel-air burner, wherein the bluff body has a conical shape configured to stabilize the flame by generating a recirculation zone having a stagnation point where the flame is stabilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Goh, Brad Patterson, Edward Lovett
  • Patent number: 9982885
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for utilizing a burner with a combustion air driven jet pump are described herein. One burner apparatus includes a jet pump located inside a burner housing, the jet pump having a combustion air inlet that receives combustion air, a chamber to receive the combustion air from the combustion air inlet, and a tapered portion of the chamber that tapers to an outlet having a smaller diameter than the diameter of the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis L. Taylor, Joseph S. F. Goh, Brad Patterson, Marek Scholler
  • Patent number: 9939151
    Abstract: A nozzle in a burner assembly is configured to produce a flame. The nozzle is configured to include a fuel-discharge outlet and to conduct fuel along a path in the nozzle to the fuel-discharge outlet. Pressurized primary oxygen is provided to mix with fuel discharged by the nozzle to produce a mixture that can be ignited to produce a flame. Staged oxygen is provided to the flame in a region downstream from the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis L. Taylor, Brad Patterson, Marek Scholler
  • Patent number: 9851099
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a flat-flame nozzle is provided for producing a flat flame in a flame chamber included in a burner assembly. The flat-flame nozzle is configured to conduct fuel from a fuel supply to an ignition zone in the flame chamber. In some illustrative embodiments, the flat-flame nozzle is also configured to conduct oxygen from an oxygen supply to the ignition zone to produce a combustible oxygen-fuel mixture in the flame chamber. In illustrative embodiments, a removable first plate-separation border frame is positioned to lie between a first lower plate and a companion first upper plate. This border frame is configured to cooperate with those plates to form in the flat-flame nozzle a fuel-discharge outlet and a fuel-transport passageway communicating with the fuel-discharge outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis L. Taylor, Brad Patterson, Tracy Fine, Jayson Perdue
  • Publication number: 20170343212
    Abstract: A burner assembly combines oxygen and fuel to produce a flame. The burner assembly includes an oxygen supply tube adapted to receive a stream of oxygen and a solid fuel conduit arranged to extend through the oxygen tube to convey a stream of fluidized, pulverized, solid fuel into a flame chamber. Oxygen flowing through the oxygen supply tube passes generally tangentially through a first set of oxygen-injection holes formed in the solid fuel conduit and off-tangentially from a second set of oxygen-injection holes formed in the solid fuel conduit and then mixes with fluidized, pulverized, solid fuel passing through the solid fuel conduit to create an oxygen-fuel mixture in a downstream portion of the solid fuel conduit. This mixture is discharged into a flame chamber and ignited in the flame chamber to produce a flame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Curtis Taylor, Brad Patterson, Jayson Perdue
  • Publication number: 20170261203
    Abstract: A gaseous fuel-air burner having a bluff body flame stabilizer, and methods of operating the same, are described herein. One device includes a bluff body configured to stabilize a flame produced by the gaseous fuel-air burner, wherein the bluff body has a conical shape configured to stabilize the flame by generating a recirculation zone having a stagnation point where the flame is stabilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Joseph Goh, Brad Patterson, Edward Lovett
  • Patent number: 9752777
    Abstract: A burner assembly combines oxygen and fuel to produce a flame. The burner assembly includes an oxygen supply tube adapted to receive a stream of oxygen and a solid fuel conduit arranged to extend through the oxygen tube to convey a stream of fluidized, pulverized, solid fuel into a flame chamber. Oxygen flowing through the oxygen supply tube passes generally tangentially through a first set of oxygen-injection holes formed in the solid fuel conduit and off-tangentially from a second set of oxygen-injection holes formed in the solid fuel conduit and then mixes with fluidized, pulverized, solid fuel passing through the solid fuel conduit to create an oxygen-fuel mixture in a downstream portion of the solid fuel conduit. This mixture is discharged into a flame chamber and ignited in the flame chamber to produce a flame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Taylor, Brad Patterson, Jayson Perdue
  • Patent number: 9677758
    Abstract: A gaseous fuel-oxygen burner is described herein. One device includes a flame zone in which combustion of gaseous fuel and oxygen occurs to form a flame, a coaxial gaseous fuel jet configured to provide the flame zone with gaseous fuel, and a coaxial oxygen jet configured to provide the flame zone with oxygen, wherein the coaxial gaseous fuel jet and the coaxial oxygen jet are separate such that the gaseous fuel from the coaxial gaseous fuel jet and the oxygen from the coaxial oxygen jet do not mix before entering the flame zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Taylor, Christopher S. Eldridge, Brad Patterson, Jayson Perdue, William R. Berkenbush
  • Publication number: 20160370002
    Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for utilizing a burner with a combustion air driven jet pump are described herein. One burner apparatus includes a jet pump located inside a burner housing, the jet pump having a combustion air inlet that receives combustion air, a chamber to receive the combustion air from the combustion air inlet, and a tapered portion of the chamber that tapers to an outlet having a smaller diameter than the diameter of the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Curtis L. Taylor, Joseph S.F. Goh, Brad Patterson, Marek Scholler
  • Publication number: 20160169511
    Abstract: A burner assembly combines oxygen and fuel to produce a flame. The burner assembly includes an oxygen supply tube adapted to receive a stream of oxygen and a solid fuel conduit arranged to extend through the oxygen tube to convey a stream of fluidized, pulverized, solid fuel into a flame chamber. Oxygen flowing through the oxygen supply tube passes generally tangentially through a first set of oxygen-injection holes formed in the solid fuel conduit and off-tangentially from a second set of oxygen-injection holes formed in the solid fuel conduit and then mixes with fluidized, pulverized, solid fuel passing through the solid fuel conduit to create an oxygen-fuel mixture in a downstream portion of the solid fuel conduit. This mixture is discharged into a flame chamber and ignited in the flame chamber to produce a flame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Curtis TAYLOR, Brad PATTERSON, Jayson PERDUE
  • Publication number: 20160025334
    Abstract: A nozzle in a burner assembly is configured to produce a flame. The nozzle is configured to include a fuel-discharge outlet and to conduct fuel along a path in the nozzle to the fuel-discharge outlet. Pressurized primary oxygen is provided to mix with fuel discharged by the nozzle to produce a mixture that can be ignited to produce a flame. Staged oxygen is provided to the flame in a region downstream from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Curtis L. TAYLOR, Brad PATTERSON, Marek SCHOLLER
  • Publication number: 20160003472
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a flat-flame nozzle is provided for producing a flat flame in a flame chamber included in a burner assembly. The flat-flame nozzle is configured to conduct fuel from a fuel supply to an ignition zone in the flame chamber. In some illustrative embodiments, the flat-flame nozzle is also configured to conduct oxygen from an oxygen supply to the ignition zone to produce a combustible oxygen-fuel mixture in the flame chamber. In illustrative embodiments, a removable first plate-separation border frame is positioned to lie between a first lower plate and a companion first upper plate. This border frame is configured to cooperate with those plates to form in the flat-flame nozzle a fuel-discharge outlet and a fuel-transport passageway communicating with the fuel-discharge outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Curtis L. TAYLOR, Brad PATTERSON, Tracy FINE, Jayson PERDUE
  • Publication number: 20150072294
    Abstract: A gaseous fuel-oxygen burner is described herein. One device includes a flame zone in which combustion of gaseous fuel and oxygen occurs to form a flame, a coaxial gaseous fuel jet configured to provide the flame zone with gaseous fuel, and a coaxial oxygen jet configured to provide the flame zone with oxygen, wherein the coaxial gaseous fuel jet and the coaxial oxygen jet are separate such that the gaseous fuel from the coaxial gaseous fuel jet and the oxygen from the coaxial oxygen jet do not mix before entering the flame zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Taylor, Christopher S. Eldridge, Brad Patterson, Jayson Perdue, William R. Berkenbush