Patents by Inventor Curtlan C. Betchley

Curtlan C. Betchley 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).

  • Compact infrared suppressors with ring vanes for gas turbine engines
    Patent number: 12180910
    Abstract: An infrared suppressor adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a first ring arranged circumferentially around a central axis, a second ring arranged circumferentially around the central axis, and a strut that extends radially between and interconnects the first ring and the second ring. A portion of the second ring extends radially toward the first ring such that the portion of the second ring cooperates with the first ring to block line-of-sight into the infrared suppressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Curtlan C. Betchley, Kenneth M. Pesyna, Bryan H. Lerg, Steven T. Berenyi, Andrew M. Simonich, Victor L. Oechsle
  • Optical system of light gathering using orthogonal compressions to form large diameter, shallow depth telescopes
    Patent number: 8085466
    Abstract: Optical system for a telescope having independent optical arms adapted to collect light rays over a first cross sectional area and compress it into a second cross sectional area less than the first cross sectional area. Orthogonal mirror pairs of parabolic trough mirrors compress light in first one dimension and then the other dimension and feed the light into a focusing smaller telescope structure. The gathered light is kept parallel and its wavefront is kept in phase, allowing the telescope to have the diffraction limit of the collective aperture. The optical arms are independently adjustable to point the system toward different objects of interest and track them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Curtlan C. Betchley
  • OPTICAL SYSTEM OF LIGHT GATHERING USING ORTHOGONAL COMPRESSIONS TO FORM LARGE DIAMETER, SHALLOW DEPTH TELESCOPES
    Publication number: 20100033808
    Abstract: Optical system for a telescope having independent optical arms adapted to collect light rays over a first cross sectional area and compress it into a second cross sectional area less than the first cross sectional area. Orthogonal mirror pairs of parabolic trough mirrors compress light in first one dimension and then the other dimension and feed the light into a focusing smaller telescope structure. The gathered light is kept parallel and its wavefront is kept in phase, allowing the telescope to have the diffraction limit of the collective aperture. The optical arms are independently adjustable to point the system toward different objects of interest and track them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Curtlan C. Betchley