Patents by Inventor D. Warren Sumner

D. Warren Sumner 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).

  • Gas turbine engines with particle traps
    Patent number: 5152134
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine (10) incorporates a particle trap (46) that forms an entrapment region (73) in a plenum (24) which extends from within the combustor (18) to the inlet (32) of a radial-inflow turbine (52, 54). The engine (10) is thereby adapted to entrap particles that originate downstream from the compressor (14) and are otherwise propelled by combustion gas (22) into the turbine (52, 54). Carbonaceous particles that are dislodged from the inner wall (50) of the combustor (18) are incinerated within the entrapment region (73) during operation of the engine (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Assignee: Allied Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Boyd, D. Warren Sumner, Yogendra Sheoran, Z. Daniel Judd