Patents by Inventor Brian E. Sparks

Brian E. Sparks 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: 5209058
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine fuel control system includes a metering device responsive to an electrical signal for regulating fuel flow from a pump to the engine, a shut-off valve downstream of the metering device and operable by a first servo pressure, a spill valve operable by a second servo pressure for spilling fuel from upstream of the metering device, an electrically operable valve for controlling the first and second servo pressures, and a circuit for supplying electrical signals to the metering device and the electrically operable valve so that during shut down of the system the spill valve and the shut off valve are maintained respectively open and shut before the metering device shuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Lucas Industries public limited company of Brueton House
    Inventors: Brian E. Sparks, Simon J. Burr
  • Patent number: 4300348
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine fuel control system has a metering device which is controlled by the delivery pressure of the engine compressor, and an arrangement for modifying flow through the metering device in accordance with the difference between a calculated value of the pressure rise across the compressor, and a measured value of this pressure rise. The calculated value is obtained from a compound cam which is positioned in accordance with desired engine thrust and with one of the compressor pressures and is profiled in accordance with desired values of the other pressure. Movement of a cam follower is compared with a sensed value of the other pressure and used to modify fuel flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: Lucas Industries Limited
    Inventors: Geoffrey A. Lewis, Brian E. Sparks
  • Patent number: 4146051
    Abstract: A gas flow control system has a variable metering device, a circuit for generating a first electrical signal which is a function of a desired gas flow through the metering device, a circuit for generating a second electrical signal which is a function of the gas pressure upstream of the metering device, and control means, responsive to the first and second electrical signals, for varying the effective flow area of the metering device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1979
    Assignee: Lucas Industries Limited
    Inventor: Brian E. Sparks