Patents by Inventor Linn C. Shorb

Linn C. Shorb 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).

  • Tangentially directed air assisted fuel injection and small annular combustors for turbines
    Patent number: 5317864
    Abstract: Difficulties in downsizing annular combustors (20) due to orienting fuel injectors with respect to oxidant blast tubes are avoided in a construction for a combustor (20) including radially spaced annular walls (22, 24) and an interconnecting radial wall (26) defining an annular combustion chamber (32). A plurality of circumferentially spaced tubes (28, 30) extend through the radially outermost annular wall (24) and are directed generally tangentially into the combustion space (32). A plurality of fuel injectors (42) are provided for directing fuel radially inwardly into the space (32) and are circumferentially spaced about the combustion space (32) and located between the tubes (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Linn C. Shorb, Michael W. Sledd, Jack R. Shekleton