Patents by Inventor Alan J. Tudor

Alan J. Tudor 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).

  • Pod installation for a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 4384453
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine pod installation comprises a core engine with a stiff carcase from which the engine is supported from a pylon. The core engine drives a fan which operates within a fan casing extending to downstream of the core engine nozzle so that the core and fan flows are mixed to provide propulsive thrust when they exit from the fan duct nozzle. The fan casing is supported from the core engine carcase by forward and rearward supports so that these supports, the fan casing and the carcase form a stiff loop of structure which supports and stiffens the carcase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1983
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Limited
    Inventors: Alan J. Tudor, Harry Hurdis