Patents by Inventor Thomas Francis Landon

Thomas Francis Landon 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: 9546550
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing electrical power includes a foil having a leading inlet, at least rotor internal to the foil and downstream from the inlet and a trailing flow separator partially within a trailing chamber. The apparatus also includes leading and trailing edges configured such that fluid flowing through the foil experiences decreased pressure and increased velocity at the trailing edges relative to the leading edges. In a method utilizing the disclosed apparatus within a fluid flow, a first quantity of a high-pressure fluid is passed, at a low velocity, into the leading inlet of the bypass foil. One or more rotors are rotated by the flow and the rotational energy is translated into electrical power with a generator. After turning the rotors, quantity of fluid is ejected, at a high velocity, to the trailing edges of the bypass foil at an area of low fluid pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Inventor: Thomas Francis Landon
  • Publication number: 20130280030
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing electrical power includes a foil having a leading inlet, at least rotor internal to the foil and downstream from the inlet and a trailing flow separator partially within a trailing chamber. The apparatus also includes leading and trailing edges configured such that fluid flowing through the foil experiences decreased pressure and increased velocity at the trailing edges relative to the leading edges. In a method utilizing the disclosed apparatus within a fluid flow, a first quantity of a high-pressure fluid is passed, at a low velocity, into the leading inlet of the bypass foil. One or more rotors are rotated by the flow and the rotational energy is translated into electrical power with a generator. After turning the rotors, quantity of fluid is ejected, at a high velocity, to the trailing edges of the bypass foil at an area of low fluid pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Thomas Francis Landon