Patents by Inventor Benjamin KEELER

Benjamin KEELER 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).

  • Gas turbine engine anti-icing system
    Patent number: 9945247
    Abstract: An anti-icing system for an engine section stator of a gas turbine engine. The system includes an environmental control system pre-cooler heat exchange system and a conduit. The environmental control system pre-cooler heat exchange system is configured to exchange heat between air bled from a compressor of the engine and bypass duct air. The conduit is configured to exchange heat from the pre-cooler heat exchange system to a heat transfer medium. The conduit is also configured to transfer the heat from the heat transfer medium to the engine section stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Ajith Appukuttan, Benjamin Keeler, Paolo Vanacore
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE ANTI-ICING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160061056
    Abstract: An anti-icing system (100) for an engine section stator (26) of a gas turbine engine (10), the system (100) comprising: an environmental control system pre-cooler heat exchange system (116) configured to exchange heat between air bled from a compressor (14, 16) of the engine (10) and bypass duct air; and a conduit (132) configured to exchange heat from the pre-cooler heat exchange system (116) to a further a heat transfer medium, the conduit (132) being configured to transfer the heat from the heat transfer medium to the engine section stator (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Ajith APPUKUTTAN, Benjamin KEELER, Paolo VANACORE