Patents by Inventor Daniel Nickolaus

Daniel Nickolaus 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: 9404658
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine device is disclosed for mixing fuel and air prior to a combustion. The device includes a pilot mixer and a main mixer each having a fuel opening for the delivery of fuel to one or more passages. In one form the main mixer includes an inner passage and an outer passage and in which a fuel opening delivers fuel to the inner passage. The main mixer can include swirlers in the inner and/or outer passages. The pilot mixer can also include a swirler. In one embodiment the main mixer includes a converging flow path and/or a diverging flow path. The pilot mixer can also include a converging and/or diverging flow path and in one form is sheltered from an exit of the device. The main mixer fuel opening can be disposed between an upstream end and a downstream end of the mixer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Nickolaus
  • Publication number: 20150167985
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine device is disclosed for mixing fuel and air prior to a combustion. The device includes a pilot mixer and a main mixer each having a fuel opening for the delivery of fuel to one or more passages. In one form the main mixer includes an inner passage and an outer passage and in which a fuel opening delivers fuel to the inner passage. The main mixer can include swirlers in the inner and/or outer passages. The pilot mixer can also include a swirler. In one embodiment the main mixer includes a converging flow path and/or a diverging flow path. The pilot mixer can also include a converging and/or diverging flow path and in one form is sheltered from an exit of the device. The main mixer fuel opening can be disposed between an upstream end and a downstream end of the mixer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Nickolaus