Patents by Inventor Angela Knepper

Angela Knepper 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).

  • Systems and methods for improved propeller design
    Patent number: 11040767
    Abstract: An aircraft assembly includes an engine, and intake, and a propeller assembly. The engine is mounted to at least one of a wing or fuselage of an aircraft. The intake is configured to provide air to the engine. The intake includes a body having an engine inlet through which air enters the intake. The propeller assembly includes propeller blades coupled to and driven by the engine. The propeller assembly is spaced an axial distance from the inlet opening of the intake wherein air passing by the propeller blades enters the intake. The propeller assembly has a propeller configuration that is at least one of sized or shaped to optimize performance of the propeller assembly based on an interaction between the propeller assembly and the intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Trevor Howard Wood, Kishore Ramakrishnan, Davide Giacché, Angela Knepper, Nicholas Bown, Rathakrishnan Bhaskaran
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED PROPELLER DESIGN
    Publication number: 20210147065
    Abstract: An aircraft assembly includes an engine, and intake, and a propeller assembly. The engine is mounted to at least one of a wing or fuselage of an aircraft. The intake is configured to provide air to the engine. The intake includes a body having an engine inlet through which air enters the intake. The propeller assembly includes propeller blades coupled to and driven by the engine. The propeller assembly is spaced an axial distance from the inlet opening of the intake wherein air passing by the propeller blades enters the intake. The propeller assembly has a propeller configuration that is at least one of sized or shaped to optimize performance of the propeller assembly based on an interaction between the propeller assembly and the intake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Trevor Howard Wood, Kishore Ramakrishnan, Davide Giacché, Angela Knepper, Nicholas Bown, Rathakrishnan Bhaskaran
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED PROPELLER DESIGN
    Publication number: 20190161167
    Abstract: An aircraft assembly includes an engine, and intake, and a propeller assembly. The engine is mounted to at least one of a wing or fuselage of an aircraft. The intake is configured to provide air to the engine. The intake includes a body having an engine inlet through which air enters the intake. The propeller assembly includes propeller blades coupled to and driven by the engine. The propeller assembly is spaced an axial distance from the inlet opening of the intake wherein air passing by the propeller blades enters the intake. The propeller assembly has a propeller configuration that is at least one of sized or shaped to optimize performance of the propeller assembly based on an interaction between the propeller assembly and the intake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Trevor Howard Wood, Kishore Ramakrishnan, Davide Giacché, Angela Knepper, Nicholas Bown, Rathakrishnan Bhaskaran
  • AIRCRAFT PROPELLER
    Publication number: 20120025016
    Abstract: A propeller for an aircraft is disclosed. The propeller has an odd number of unequally circumferentially spaced blades. The propeller may be provided as part of a contra-rotating propeller arrangement and/or aft of a pylon on an aircraft. The propeller has been found to reduce noise levels and to be efficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Paul Nicholas METHVEN, Angela Knepper, Diane Cuttell