Patents by Inventor Charles E. Wiesner

Charles E. Wiesner 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).

  • Fuel splitter valve assembly for gas turbine
    Patent number: 5339636
    Abstract: A fuel delivery system (10) incorporates a fuel splitter valve assembly (30) including a first valve (40) having a selectively positionable spool (42) disposed therein for controllably metering fuel flow therethrough for delivery to a first combustion chamber (22) and a second valve (50) operative to pass a second portion of the fuel flow to a second combustion chamber (24) while maintaining at least a desired minimum pressure upstream of the first valve (40) whenever the second combustion chamber is in operation, and to shut-off fuel flow to the second combustion chamber whenever the second combustion chamber is not in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian G. Donnelly, Gerald P. Dyer, Charles E. Wiesner