Patents by Inventor Diego TORRE RUIZ

Diego TORRE RUIZ 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: 10844721
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes an engine core with a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting them. The engine includes a fan, with a plurality of fan blades, located upstream of the core and a gearbox receiving an input from the core shaft and outputting drive so the fan is at a lower rotational speed than the core shaft. The turbine includes a plurality of stages of axially spaced rotor blades mounted on a rotor, which are surrounded by a turbine casing. The turbine has an inlet defined at an upstream end of a first stage of blades and an outlet defined at a downstream end of a last stage of blades and a ratio of the area of the outlet to the inlet is at between 2.5 and 3.5. This increases the pressure ratio of and power extracted from the turbine and the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: ROLLS-ROYCE plc, ITP NEXT GENERATION TURBINES SLU
    Inventors: Roderick M Townes, Diego Torre Ruiz
  • Publication number: 20200291782
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes an engine core with a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting them. The engine includes a fan, with a plurality of fan blades, located upstream of the core and a gearbox receiving an input from the core shaft and outputting drive so the fan is at a lower rotational speed than the core shaft. The turbine includes a plurality of stages of axially spaced rotor blades mounted on a rotor, which are surrounded by a turbine casing. The turbine has an inlet defined at an upstream end of a first stage of blades and an outlet defined at a downstream end of a last stage of blades and a ratio of the area of the outlet to the inlet is at between 2.5 and 3.5. This increases the pressure ratio of and power extracted from the turbine and the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicants: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC, ITP NEXT GENERATION TURBINES SLU
    Inventors: Roderick M TOWNES, Diego TORRE RUIZ