Patents by Inventor Ernest Elovic

Ernest Elovic 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: 4254618
    Abstract: An air-to-air heat exchanger is provided for a gas turbofan engine to significantly reduce the quantity of cooling air that is presently needed to effectively cool the hot turbine parts. Typically, the turbine is internally cooled with air bled from the compressor which, though cooler than the turbine, has been heated due to the work done on it by the compressor. In accordance with the present invention, the heat exchanger is located internally of the bypass duct to place in heat exchange relationship a captured portion of the relatively cool bypass flow and this warmer compressor bleed air, thereby cooling the turbine coolant and significantly reducing the amount of such coolant required. This results in a decrease in engine specific fuel consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Ernest Elovic