Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Laht

Daniel J. Laht 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: 4986068
    Abstract: A hypersonic scramjet engine fuel injector and a hypersonic scramjet engine having such a fuel injector. The engine has a serially connected inlet, combustor, and exhaust nozzle. Multiple, horizontally-spaced-apart fuel injectors are positioned in and connected to the combustor's top portion. Each fuel injector has a hollow wedge shape housing. To improve fuel-air mixing for better combustion, the housing's end wall has multiple, discrete, convergent-divergent fuel outlet nozzles and its side walls have horizontally-extending exterior grooves. Fuel is used to cool the fuel injector housing with the housing's bottom and side walls having fuel-exit holes and the housing having an interior serpentine fuel passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ching-Pang Lee, Kattalaicheri S. Venkataramani, Daniel J. Laht, Vincent H. Lee