Patents by Inventor David K. Dorer

David K. Dorer 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: 4598544
    Abstract: A medium bypass turbofan engine including a fan mounted on a low pressure shaft and positioned at the inlet of the engine; an intermediate pressure single-stage axial compressor carried by the low pressure shaft and positioned to receive a working airstream portion of the air discharged by the fan; a single-stage high pressure centrifugal compressor positioned to receive the output of the intermediate pressure compressor and carried by a high pressure shaft received telescopically over the low pressure shaft; an annular burner positioned to receive the output of the high pressure compressor; an annular slinger carried by the low pressure shaft and arranged to inject fuel into the burner; a high pressure single-stage axial turbine positioned to receive the output of the burner and carried by the high pressure shaft; and a low pressure multi-stage axial turbine positioned to receive the output of the high pressure turbine and carried by the low pressure shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Williams International Corporation
    Inventors: Sam B. Williams, John F. Jones, David K. Dorer