Patents by Inventor Kenneth Daniel Price

Kenneth Daniel Price 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).

  • Sinuous chevron exhaust nozzle
    Patent number: 7305817
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine exhaust nozzle includes a row of laterally sinuous chevrons extending from an aft end of an exhaust duct. The chevrons have radially outer and inner surfaces bound by a laterally sinuous trailing edge extending between a base of the chevrons adjoining the duct and an axially opposite apex of the chevrons. Each chevron has a compound arcuate contour both axially and laterally, and the sinuous trailing edge of the chevrons further compounds the arcuate configuration of each chevron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Keith Edward James Blodgett, Kevin Sean Early, Steven Martens, William Andrew Bailey, Kenneth Daniel Price
  • Methods and apparatus for flade engine nozzle
    Patent number: 6948317
    Abstract: A method for adjusting a throat area of a jet aircraft exhaust nozzle assembly includes positioning a lower structure within a substantially rectangular nozzle assembly, coupling a ramp flap to the lower structure, and coupling an outer flap to the nozzle assembly such that movement of at least one of the ramp flap and the outer flap adjusts the throat area of the nozzle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bernard James Renggli, Matthew Wilson Jumper, Kenneth Daniel Price, Andrew Paul Kuchar