Patents by Inventor Vincenzo Verrelli

Vincenzo Verrelli 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).

  • High pressure combustor with hot surface ignition
    Patent number: 9388976
    Abstract: A combustor including a housing, an injector body, insulation, an air/fuel premix injector, a hot surface igniter, a fuel injector and a burner. The housing forms a main combustion chamber. The injector body is coupled within the housing and the injector body includes an initial combustion chamber. The insulation lines the initial combustion chamber. The air/fuel premix injector is configured and arranged to dispense a flow of air/fuel mixture into the initial combustion chamber. The hot surface igniter is configured and arranged to heat up and ignite the air/fuel mixture in the initial combustion chamber. The fuel injector dispenses a flow of fuel and the burner dispenses a flow of air. The flow of fuel from the fuel injector and the flow of air from the burner are ignited in the main combustion chamber by the ignition of the air/fuel mixture in the initial combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Orbital ATK, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Tilmont, Joseph A. Alifano, Akiva A. Sklar, Nicholas Tiliakos, Vincenzo Verrelli
  • HIGH PRESSURE COMBUSTOR WITH HOT SURFACE IGNITION
    Publication number: 20130344448
    Abstract: A combustor including a housing, an injector body, insulation, an air/fuel premix injector, a hot surface igniter, a fuel injector and a burner. The housing forms a main combustion chamber. The injector body is coupled within the housing, the injector body includes an initial combustion chamber. The insulation lines the initial combustion chamber. The air/fuel premix injector assembly is configured and arranged to dispense a flow of air/fuel mixture into the initial combustion chamber. The hot surface igniter is configured and arranged to heat up and ignite the air/fuel mixture in the initial combustion chamber. The fuel injector dispenses a flow of fuel and the burner dispenses a flow of air. The flow of fuel from the fuel injector and the flow of air from the burner are ignited in the main combustion chamber by the ignition of the air/fuel mixture in the initial combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Tilmont, Joseph A. Alifano, Akiva A. Sklar, Nicholas Tiliakos, Vincenzo Verrelli