Patents by Inventor Richard B. Smart

Richard B. Smart 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).

  • Gas turbine engine combustion chambers
    Patent number: 4380905
    Abstract: In order to cool the annular upstream wall of a gas turbine engine combustion chamber and thereby to prevent the deposition of carbon particles, the wall is formed of upstream and downstream portions which between them define a chamber arranged to receive a flow of cooling air. The downstream portion has a central opening for an airspray fuel burner and on each side of the opening the downstream portion has a pair of facets each facet having apertures for the throughflow of cooling air over the face of the downstream portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1983
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Limited
    Inventors: Richard B. Smart, Sidney E. Slattery