Patents by Inventor Eoghan Buchanan

Eoghan Buchanan 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).

  • Pilot burner having burner face with radially offset recess
    Patent number: 10240795
    Abstract: A burner includes a pilot burner, a combustion chamber, and a swirler located radially outwardly of the combustion chamber and being adapted to impose a swirling motion on a fuel/air mixture about an axial centerline of the combustion chamber. The pilot burner has a pilot burner face located radially inwardly of the swirler and forms an axially upstream wall of the combustion chamber, the pilot burner face incorporating a pilot fuel injector and an ignitor, both being positioned radially offset from the axial centerline. A recess is positioned radially offset from the axial centerline within the pilot burner face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eoghan Buchanan, Suresh Sadasivuni
  • COMBUSTOR
    Publication number: 20170009994
    Abstract: A burner includes a pilot burner, a combustion chamber, and a swirler located radially outwardly of the combustion chamber and being adapted to impose a swirling motion on a fuel/air mixture about an axial centerline of the combustion chamber. The pilot burner has a pilot burner face located radially inwardly of the swirler and forms an axially upstream wall of the combustion chamber, the pilot burner face incorporating a pilot fuel injector and an ignitor, both being positioned radially offset from the axial centerline. A recess is positioned radially offset from the axial centerline within the pilot burner face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eoghan Buchanan, Suresh Sadasivuni