Patents by Inventor Peter Iwu Shen

Peter Iwu Shen 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).

  • Internally vaporizing low emission combustor
    Patent number: 4078377
    Abstract: A combustor adapted for use in a gas turbine engine comprising a combustion prechamber zone, a main combustion chamber zone and a dilution air zone including a system for introducing a premixed fuel-air mixture with elevated inlet air temperatures which allows the thermal efficiency of the engine to be increased without a corresponding increase in the percentage of oxides of nitrogen in the combustion products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Clifton W. Owens, Peter Iwu Shen, Wallace R. Wade