Patents by Inventor Clive Williams

Clive Williams 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: 11371428
    Abstract: A combustion engine (10) comprises a radial compressor (16) in flow communication via a flow passage (22) with a compressor-combustor array (20) radially outward of the radial compressor (16), both rotatable around a central axis (12). The compressor-combustor (20) comprises an array of rotor blades (26). The walls of the blades (26) define a plurality of chambers (28, 30). Each chamber (28, 30) has a flow inlet (32) to receive fluid from the radial compressor (16), and a flow outlet to exhaust fluid radially outwards from the compressor-combustor (20). The plurality of chambers (28, 30) comprises a first pilot combustion chamber (28a) and a second pilot combustion chamber (28b). The first pilot combustion chamber (28a) is provided with a first fuel injector (40a), and the second pilot combustion chamber (28b) is provided with a second fuel injector (40a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: GABRIELLE ENGINE LIMITED
    Inventor: Clive Williams
  • Publication number: 20210180519
    Abstract: A combustion engine (10) comprises a radial compressor (16) in flow communication via a flow passage (22) with a compressor-combustor array (20) radially outward of the radial compressor (16), both rotatable around a central axis (12). The compressor-combustor (20) comprises an array of rotor blades (26). The walls of the blades (26) define a plurality of chambers (28, 30). Each chamber (28, 30) has a flow inlet (32) to receive fluid from the radial compressor (16), and a flow outlet to exhaust fluid radially outwards from the compressor-combustor (20). The plurality of chambers (28, 30) comprises a first pilot combustion chamber (28a) and a second pilot combustion chamber (28b). The first pilot combustion chamber (28a) is provided with a first fuel injector (40a), and the second pilot combustion chamber (28b) is provided with a second fuel injector (40a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Clive Williams
  • Patent number: 4016554
    Abstract: In a raster display device, such as a cathode-ray tube, in which the display is computed on-the-fly, such as in the raster vector generator type, when the computation of a line, or group of lines, exceeds a given period, the raster scan is halted until the computation is complete. The line at which the scan is halted is retraced at reduced brightness, and without modulation by video information overflow, is detected by coincidence of a computation signal and line sync.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Peter John Evans, Clive Williams