Patents by Inventor Robert G. Surette

Robert G. Surette 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: 5632142
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a stationary gas turbine power system that develops a reduced back pressure for the gas turbine engine and thus greater efficiency. An enclosed ejector is positioned downstream of the engine's exhaust plane, and means such as a downstream diffuser cause the exhaust stream to entrain air from the ejector enclosure, by natural pumping action, so as to develop a sub-atmospheric pressure within that enclosure and thus at the engine's exhaust plane. This provides substantially improved engine efficiency. The diffuser recovers the static pressure to a level sufficient to drive any downstream devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Inventor: Robert G. Surette