Patents by Inventor Steven P. Sides

Steven P. Sides 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).

  • Method for controlling the flow rate of fuel within a gas turbine
    Patent number: 5983621
    Abstract: A valve for controlling the flow of fuel within a gas turbine engine is provided. The fuel flow control valve includes a valve block disposed within a sleeve, and apparatus for displacing one of the sleeve or valve block relative to the other. The sleeve includes an inlet port and an exit port. The valve block includes an inlet gate and an exit gate. One of the sleeve or the valve block may be displaced relative to the other from a closed position where the gates close the ports and thereby prevent fluid flow through the valve via the ports, to a plurality of open positions where the gates less than completely close the ports, and thereby allow fluid flow through the valve via the ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Craig T. Stambaugh, Sr., Jeffrey W. Parker, Steven P. Sides
  • Fuel flow control valve
    Patent number: 5772182
    Abstract: A valve for controlling the flow of fuel within a gas turbine engine is provided. The fuel flow control valve includes a valve block disposed within a sleeve, and apparatus for displacing one of the sleeve or valve block relative to the other. The sleeve includes an inlet port and an exit port. The valve block includes an inlet gate and an exit gate. One of the sleeve or the valve block may be displaced relative to the other from a closed position where the gates close the ports and thereby prevent fluid flow through the valve via the ports, to a plurality of open positions where the gates less than completely close the ports, and thereby allow fluid flow through the valve via the ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Craig T. Stambaugh, Sr., Jeffrey W. Parker, Steven P. Sides