Patents by Inventor Douglas Thonebe

Douglas Thonebe 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).

  • Supplemental cooling air for turbine exhaust components and surfaces
    Patent number: 11105265
    Abstract: A supplemental cooling air system for a turbine engine may comprise a compressor having an inlet and an outlet, and an electric motor operatively coupled to the compressor and configured to drive the compressor. The inlet may receive air from at least one of a freestream flow path, a bypass flow path, or an engine bay. The outlet may supply the air to at least a portion of the turbine engine for cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Wendell Twelves, Arthur Salve, Jeffrey Prausa, Douglas Thonebe
  • SUPPLEMENTAL COOLING AIR FOR TURBINE EXHAUST COMPONENTS AND SURFACES
    Publication number: 20180066584
    Abstract: A supplemental cooling air system for a turbine engine may comprise a compressor having an inlet and an outlet, and an electric motor operatively coupled to the compressor and configured to drive the compressor. The inlet may receive air from at least one of a freestream flow path, a bypass flow path, or an engine bay. The outlet may supply the air to at least a portion of the turbine engine for cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Wendell Twelves, Arthur Salve, Jeffrey Prausa, Douglas Thonebe
  • Pulsed combustion engine
    Publication number: 20050000205
    Abstract: A pulsed combustion device includes a support structure and a combustor carousel supported by the support structure and rotating relative thereto about an axis. The carousel has a number of combustion conduits in a circumferential array. Each conduit cyclically receives a charge and discharges combustion products of the charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Bradley Sammann, Wendell Twelves,, Gary Jones, James Norris, Harvey Klein, James Jones, Stephen Kramer, Douglas Thonebe