Patents Examined by Ted Kim
  • Patent number: 12624836
    Abstract: A combustor nozzle includes a plurality of mixing tubes through which air and fuel flow, an accommodation tube accommodating and supporting the plurality of mixing tubes therein, a first fuel tube coupled to the accommodation tube to supply a first fuel into the accommodation tube, a second fuel tube coupled to the accommodation tube to supply a second fuel into the accommodation tube, a first fuel supply member supplying the first fuel into each mixing tube, and a second fuel supply member supplying the second fuel into each mixing tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Joong Hyun Lim, Young Gun Go, Kyoung Taek Oh, Sang Pil Jo
  • Patent number: 12607157
    Abstract: A roll control thruster controls the attitude of a launch vehicle by using the oxidizer filled in an oxidizer tank, and includes: a thruster tank that is charged using a portion of the oxidizer stored in the oxidizer tank; a thruster line that is branched from the thruster tank and forms a supply path of the oxidizer stored in the thruster tank; a thruster valve that is provided in the thruster line and opens and closes the thruster line or adjusts the opening degree of the thruster line; a thruster module that is connected to the thruster line and injects the oxidizer, supplied via the thruster line, in order to control the attitude of the launch vehicle; and a thruster control module that controls the operation of the thruster valve and the supply of oxidizer to the thruster module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: INNOSPACE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Bong Cho, Seon Mo Seong, Soo Jong Kim, Hun Jung
  • Patent number: 12595761
    Abstract: A device and method for generating electrical energy from hydrogen and oxygen, includes a combustion engine, a heat recovery steam generator connected into the exhaust gas duct of the combustion engine, wherein the heat recovery steam generator has only one pressure stage. An H2—O2 reactor is provided to which steam from the heat recovery steam generator, water, oxygen and hydrogen are fed, such that, in the H2—O2 reactor, a reaction of oxygen and hydrogen forms steam, the water that is introduced is evaporated, additional steam is generated, the resultant superheated steam is fed to a steam turbine, and a generator connected to the steam turbine provides an electric power. High-pressure feed water is injected from the heat recovery steam generator into the H2—O2 reactor via a line to control the reaction in the H2—O2 reactor in a targeted manner and set the steam exit temperature from the H2—O2 reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Juretzek, Carsten Graeber
  • Patent number: 12571323
    Abstract: An airfoil for a turbine engine includes a first end, a second end, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side and a suction side. The leading edge and the trailing edge are joined by the pressure side and the suction side to provide an exterior airfoil surface extending in a spanwise direction from the first end of the airfoil to the second end of the airfoil. The exterior airfoil surface is formed in conformance with a plurality of cross-section profiles of the airfoil described by a set of Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 1. The Cartesian coordinates are provided by an axial coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, a circumferential coordinate scaled by the local axial chord, and a span location. The local axial chord corresponds to a width of the airfoil between the leading edge and the trailing edge at the span location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Fariba Ajalli, Panagiota Tsifourdaris, Lorenzo Sanzari
  • Patent number: 12535032
    Abstract: A nacelle comprising a cowl which has a window, a box structure around the window and containing a conditioning device for conditioning dihydrogen, a door mounted pivotably on the cowl between a closed position and an open position, a maneuvering system for moving the door from the closed position to the open position, a detector for detecting the presence of dihydrogen in the box structure, and a control unit designed to make the maneuvering system open on the basis of information supplied by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Lionel Czapla, Christophe Labarthe, Kotaro Fukasaku
  • Patent number: 12510249
    Abstract: An accessory power unit assembly includes a combustor assembly that includes a pulse detonation tube that defines a curved passage between an inlet that receives a compressed airflow and a discharge end. The detonation tube operates as a resonant cavity to sustain a standing pressure wave. Fuel injected into the pulse detonation tube is timed to coincide with movement of a standing wave toward a discharge end. The standing wave provides an increase in pressure of an output exhaust gas driving the turbine without a corresponding increase in load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Daniel Alecu
  • Patent number: 12467419
    Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes a fixed structure, a translating structure and a thrust reverser. The thrust reverser includes a blocker door, a structure link and a door link. The blocker door is pivotally coupled to the translating structure. The structure link includes a first structure link arm, a second structure link arm and a structure link mount connected to the first structure link arm and the second structure link arm. The first structure link arm and the second structure link arm are each pivotally coupled to the fixed structure. The first structure link arm and the second structure link arm laterally converge towards one another as the first structure link arm and the second structure link arm extend longitudinally towards the structure link mount. The door link extends longitudinally between and is pivotally coupled to the structure link mount and the blocker door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Gormley
  • Patent number: 12435682
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This apparatus includes a thrust reverser cascade extending longitudinally between a cascade forward end and a cascade aft end. The thrust reverser cascade extends laterally between a cascade first side and a cascade second side. The thrust reverser cascade extends radially between a cascade inner face and a cascade outer face. The thrust reverser cascade includes a plurality of vanes arranged in a longitudinally extending array. The vanes include a first vane and a second vane. A leading edge of the first vane is disposed on the cascade inner face. A leading edge of the second vane is recessed radially into the thrust reverser cascade from the cascade inner face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: ROHR, INC.
    Inventors: Julian Winkler, Wentaur E. Chien, Xiaolan Hu, Landy Dong
  • Patent number: 12421913
    Abstract: A variable area fan nozzle (VAFN) actuation system is disclosed. The VAFN actuation system is part of an aircraft nacelle, comprising a thrust reverser translating sleeve and a VAFN cowl. The system may translate the VAFN cowl to various positions to optimize engine performance. The system works in two phases. The first phase occurs when the translating sleeve is stowed. During this time, a linear, fluid-pressure VAFN actuator with multiple pistons may translate the VAFN cowl forward and aftward, and hold it in various fixed positions. The second phase occurs when the translating sleeve deploys and then stows. During this time, the actuator may allow the VAFN cowl to travel with the translating sleeve in a controlled manner. When the translating sleeve deploys, the VAFN cowl is pushed aftward by the translating sleeve. When the translating sleeve stows, the VAFN cowl is pulled forward with it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Inventor: Stephen Michael Roberts
  • Patent number: 12398670
    Abstract: A rotating internal combustion engine is provided. The engine includes a drive shaft and a rotatable cylinder coupled with the drive shaft. Combustion chambers are formed through the rotatable cylinder. The combustion chambers are defined by combustion blades of the rotatable cylinder. The engine is configured to generate power from combustion of the gases and from turbine movement caused from the combustion gases. Also disclosed is a fixed cylinder combustion engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Green Engine, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Mattison Green, Grant O. Musgrove, Kevin L. Hoag, David P. Branyon, Thomas E. Reinhart
  • Patent number: 12392306
    Abstract: A lock system for an aircraft thrust reverser includes a lock member translatable between a locked position, in which the lock member is extended for preventing deployment of the thrust reverser by the lock member blocking the path of a movable component of the thrust reverser, and an unlocked position, in which the lock member is retracted for permitting deployment of the thrust reverser by the lock member moving out of the path of the movable component. The lock system also includes a linear electric motor or a solenoid for translating the lock member between the locked position and the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: GOODRICH ACTUATION SYSTEMS SAS
    Inventor: Marlene Marcelle Simone Trezieres
  • Patent number: 12392305
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion unit including a nacelle and a turbojet engine. The aircraft propulsion unit includes an external envelope, at least one fan casing, at least one actuator, and at least one support structure. The external envelope includes fan cowls. The fan casing cooperates with the fan cowls to define an interior space configured to house a thrust reverser configured to be displaced between a first position and a second position. The actuator configured to move the thrust reverser between the first position and the second position The support structure connects the fan cowls and the fan. The support structure includes at least one aperture configured to allow passage of part of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Safran Nacelles
    Inventors: Patrick Boileau, Pierre Caruel, Gina Ferrier, Quentin Garnaud, Guillaume Glemarec
  • Patent number: 12378929
    Abstract: A thrust reverser for an aircraft propulsion assembly, including a fixed structure equipped with at least one cascade as well as a radially inner delimiting wall of a secondary vein, and a movable structure including at least one reverser cowling, the cascade being arranged, in the forward direct thrust position, in a housing of the reverser cowling, and, in the retracted thrust reversal position, the wall reveals a passage opening of the secondary vein towards the cascade, the thrust reverser also including at least one sealing membrane designed to deflect at least one portion of the secondary flow. A hook is provided for securing the membrane to a rear cascade support frame, and to the radially inner delimiting wall of the secondary vein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Patrick Gonidec, Loïc CHAPELAIN, Patrick André Boileau
  • Patent number: 12372047
    Abstract: A thrust reverser for an aircraft propulsion assembly, this reverser including an outer structure movable between a closed position and an open position of two primary latches configured to lock the movable outer structure in the closed position. The movable outer structure includes an output end that is oblique with respect to the longitudinal central axis so as to orient the thrust laterally. In order to compensate the tilting moment of the movable outer structure, which results from this lateral orientation of the thrust, the primary latches are offset with respect to a median longitudinal plane passing through the longitudinal central axis of the reverser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN NACELLES
    Inventors: Pierre Charles Caruel, Fabien Charliac, Fabien Bravin, Loïc Chapelain
  • Patent number: 12352212
    Abstract: Aircraft power and propulsion systems and methods thereof; an aircraft power and propulsion system includes: a gas turbine engine having first and second spools; one or more electrical networks; a first electrical machine joined with the first spool; a second electrical machine joined with the second spool; a first power converter having first and second sides; a second power converter having first and second sides; and a controllable switching arrangement in which a connection to the first side of the second power converter is switchable between: a winding of the second electrical machine, or the winding of the first electrical machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: David R Trainer, Mark Sweet, Matthew S Cartwright
  • Patent number: 12338767
    Abstract: The present disclosure presents improved combustion turbine engine systems and related methods. One such system includes a turbine system comprising a high pressure compressor, a high pressure turbine, a combustor, and a recuperator. The system further includes a turbocharger system comprising a low pressure compressor and a low pressure turbine; an air cooler device that is configured to cool intake air output to the low pressure compressor; and a refrigeration system comprising a hot gas heat exchanger and a cold gas heat exchanger, wherein the refrigeration system receives combustion products from the turbine system and compressed air from the turbocharger system. The refrigeration system cools the combustion products and the compressed air to generate a cooled combustion product mixture that is provided to the turbine system, and the refrigeration system further generates steam that is provided to the turbine system. Other systems and methods are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventor: William E. Lear
  • Patent number: 12331703
    Abstract: A propulsion system includes a turbine engine and a ramjet engine. A turbine engine inlet section restriction device permits an inlet airflow to a turbine engine inlet in a first (low speed) operating state of the propulsion system, and restricts the inlet airflow to the turbine engine inlet in a second (high speed) operating state of the propulsion system. A combustor inlet flow control device, in the first operating state, provides an airflow from a compressor to the turbine engine combustor, and restricts an airflow from a ramjet bleed air passage, and, in the second operating state, provides a ramjet inlet bleed airflow to the turbine engine combustor, while restricting airflow from the compressor. In the second operating state, the turbine engine drives at least one accessory gearbox to drive at least one accessory component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Rambo, Scott G. Edens
  • Patent number: 12320263
    Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine engine, including a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine. The system includes an intercooler configured to receive a discharge air from the compressor and to cool the discharge air. The system includes a first conduit to divert a portion of the cooled discharge air from the intercooler or a location downstream of the intercooler to a bearing located within the turbine to pressurize the bearing to block leakage of fluid from the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Dariusz Andrzej Falkus, Tho Vankhanh Nguyen, Tuy Cam Huynh, Radu Ioan Danescu, Richard Michael Watkins, Mariusz Seredyn, Kheun Chia
  • Patent number: 12292198
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a rotating detonation combustor that includes a forward wall, a radially inner wall, and a radially outer wall. The forward wall is disposed at an inlet end of the rotating detonation combustor. The radially inner wall surrounds a longitudinal axis and extends downstream from the forward wall to an outlet end of the rotating detonation combustor. The radially outer wall extends downstream from the forward wall to the outlet end and surrounds the radially inner wall to define at least one annular plenum between the radially inner wall and the radially outer wall. At least one partition is proximate to the inlet end and defines at least two mixing zones. A plurality of oxidizer inlets and a plurality of fuel inlets are disposed at the inlet end in fluid communication with the at least two mixing zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kapil Kumar Singh, Narendra Digamber Joshi
  • Patent number: 12286941
    Abstract: A turbofan engine may include a variable pitch fan rotatable about an axis and operable in a forward thrust mode by generating flow opposite a direction of travel and in a reverse thrust mode by generating flow in the direction of travel. In reverse thrust mode, a nacelle assembly defines an intermediate opening disposed aft of the variable pitch fan. A flow guide assembly is configured to guide a first fluid flow opposite the direction of travel within a bypass passage from a forward opening to an aft opening of the nacelle assembly in forward thrust mode, and to redirect a second fluid flow from outside the bypass passage opposite the direction of travel to inside the bypass passage in the direction of travel through the intermediate opening in reverse thrust mode. One or more flow channels are defined for generating at least one fluidic injection pressurized by a core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Trevor Howard Wood, Thomas Malkus, Kishore Ramakrishnan