Patents by Inventor Ashley W. Timmis

Ashley W. Timmis 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).

  • Patent number: 5031398
    Abstract: A fuel control system (10) for a power unit used for generating power used for operating an airframe in accordance with the invention includes an air supply (18) for supplying pressurized air blown down from a storage vessel (14) to a combustor (16) which generates a gas stream by burning fuel supplied by a fuel supply (32) driving a turbine (50) to produce the power; a pressure sensor (26) coupled to the air supply for producing an analog signal proportional to pressure upstream in the air supply from the combustor; a digital to analog converter (54) having an offset input coupled to a signal proportional to the sensed pressure, a digital input for receiving a digital input signal, and an analog output which varies in proportion to the sum of the signal applied to the offset input and the digital input signal; a fuel control valve (38) contained with the fuel supply which is controlled as a function of the analog output signal of the digital to analog converter; an analog to digital converter (56) having at
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Steven W. Lampe, Ashley W. Timmis