Patents by Inventor Andrei TESTI

Andrei TESTI 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).

  • Aircraft fuel tank pressurization systems and methods
    Patent number: 11155359
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for storage in at least one on-board fuel tank of aircraft fuel under a predetermined pressure and at an internal ambient tank temperature. A passive heat exchanger having an exchanger inlet is fluid-connected to a propulsion engine of the aircraft to receive heated pressurized bleed air therefrom while an exchanger outlet is fluid connected to the fuel tank. The passive heat exchanger is configured to cool the heated pressurized bleed air from the engine by heat transfer to a surrounding environment by radiation and convection so as to supply pressurization air to the fuel tank at the predetermined internal tank pressure and the internal ambient tank temperature. A system controller is provided to provide the fuel tank with pressurized air at a predetermined temperature during various aircraft flight phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: EMBRAER S.A.
    Inventors: Breno Garcia Carneiro, Gustavo Amaral Ferreira De Melo, Marcus Tullio Balthazar Bressan, Pedro Geraldo Linguanotto, Andrei Testi
  • AIRCRAFT FUEL TANK PRESSURIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20210086908
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for storage in at least one on-board fuel tank of aircraft fuel under a predetermined pressure and at an internal ambient tank temperature. A passive heat exchanger having an exchanger inlet is fluid-connected to a propulsion engine of the aircraft to receive heated pressurized bleed air therefrom while an exchanger outlet is fluid connected to the fuel tank. The passive heat exchanger is configured to cool the heated pressurized bleed air from the engine by heat transfer to a surrounding environment by radiation and convection so as to supply pressurization air to the fuel tank at the predetermined internal tank pressure and the internal ambient tank temperature. A system controller is provided to provide the fuel tank with pressurized air at a predetermined temperature during various aircraft flight phases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Breno Garcia CARNEIRO, Gustavo Amaral Ferreira DE MELO, Marcus Tullio Balthazar BRESSAN, Pedro Geraldo LINGUANOTTO, Andrei TESTI