Patents by Inventor Eric Sean Donovan

Eric Sean Donovan 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).

  • System for supporting intermittent fast transient heat loads
    Patent number: 11796226
    Abstract: A heat transfer system for controlling two or more heat loads, including a high transient heat load, is provided. The heat transfer system may include sensible-heat thermal energy storage. A method of transferring heat from two or more heat loads to an ambient environment is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Unton, Eric Sean Donovan
  • Method of controlling thermal energy storage in a thermal energy management system
    Patent number: 11761712
    Abstract: Methods are provided for controlling thermal energy storage in a thermal energy management system that may operate in response to a variable or high transient heat load. Thermal energy management systems are also provided for controlling thermal energy storage that may operate in response to a variable or high transient heat load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Sean Donovan, Timothy Unton, Peter Gegg
  • SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING INTERMITTENT FAST TRANSIENT HEAT LOADS
    Publication number: 20230074039
    Abstract: A heat transfer system for controlling two or more heat loads, including a high transient heat load, is provided. The heat transfer system may include sensible-heat thermal energy storage. A method of transferring heat from two or more heat loads to an ambient environment is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Unton, Eric Sean Donovan
  • System for supporting intermittent fast transient heat loads
    Patent number: 11530844
    Abstract: A heat transfer system for controlling two or more heat loads, including a high transient heat load, is provided. The heat transfer system may include sensible-heat thermal energy storage. A method of transferring heat from two or more heat loads to an ambient environment is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Unton, Eric Sean Donovan
  • SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING INTERMITTENT FAST TRANSIENT HEAT LOADS
    Publication number: 20220099340
    Abstract: A heat transfer system for controlling two or more heat loads, including a high transient heat load, is provided. The heat transfer system may include sensible-heat thermal energy storage. A method of transferring heat from two or more heat loads to an ambient environment is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Unton, Eric Sean Donovan
  • Method of Controlling Thermal Energy Storage in a Thermal Energy Management System
    Publication number: 20220090868
    Abstract: Methods are provided for controlling thermal energy storage in a thermal energy management system that may operate in response to a variable or high transient heat load. Thermal energy management systems are also provided for controlling thermal energy storage that may operate in response to a variable or high transient heat load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Sean Donovan, Timothy Unton, Peter Gegg
  • Gas turbine engine with air/fuel heat exchanger
    Patent number: 9771867
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a unique aircraft propulsion gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines with heat exchange systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Abraham Karam, Eric Sean Donovan, Michael Stephen Krautheim, Daniel Kent Vetters, Donald G. Chouinard
  • AIRCRAFT PROPULSION GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH HEAT EXCHANGE
    Publication number: 20140338334
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a unique aircraft propulsion gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engines with heat exchange systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Abraham Karam, Eric Sean Donovan, Michael Stephen Krautheim, Daniel Kent Vetters, Donald G. Chouinard
  • Gas turbine engine and cooling system
    Patent number: 8756910
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a unique gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique cooling system for a gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for cooling one or more objects of cooling. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application shall become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Sean Donovan, William Daniel Feltz, Steven Wesley Tomlinson
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND COOLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120144843
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a unique gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a unique cooling system for a gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for cooling one or more objects of cooling. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application shall become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Inventors: Eric Sean Donovan, William Daniel Feltz, Steven Wesley Tomlinson