Patents by Inventor Bobby Malone

Bobby Malone 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).

  • Jet pump assembly having increased entrainment flow
    Patent number: 8727738
    Abstract: A jet pump assembly according to an example embodiment of the present invention includes an inlet body arranged in proximity with a throat structure so as to provide an entrainment entrance between a discharge end of the inlet body and the throat structure. A drive flow of a motive fluid is supplied at a first velocity to the inlet body and is discharged through at least one nozzle at a higher second velocity, thereby creating a pressure drop in the throat structure. The pressure drop facilitates a first entrained flow of suction fluid into the entrainment entrance and a second entrained flow of suction fluid through at least one channel passing through the inlet body. The at least one channel is configured such that the second entrained flow is isolated from the drive flow while passing through the inlet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: John Robert Bass, Phillip G. Ellison, Bobby Malone, Jin Yan
  • JET PUMP ASSEMBLY HAVING INCREASED ENTRAINMENT FLOW
    Publication number: 20110052424
    Abstract: A jet pump assembly according to an example embodiment of the present invention includes an inlet body arranged in proximity with a throat structure so as to provide an entrainment entrance between a discharge end of the inlet body and the throat structure. A drive flow of a motive fluid is supplied at a first velocity to the inlet body and is discharged through at least one nozzle at a higher second velocity, thereby creating a pressure drop in the throat structure. The pressure drop facilitates a first entrained flow of suction fluid into the entrainment entrance and a second entrained flow of suction fluid through at least one channel passing through the inlet body. The at least one channel is configured such that the second entrained flow is isolated from the drive flow while passing through the inlet body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: John Robert Bass, Phillip G. Ellison, Bobby Malone, Jin Yan