Patents by Inventor Gary Flandro

Gary Flandro 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).

  • SCALEABLE ACOUSTICALLY-STABLE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND DESIGN METHODS
    Publication number: 20210088214
    Abstract: A method comprising performing simulations to determine energy transfer between the bulk fluid motion of gases through a combustion chamber and resonant acoustic modes of the combustion chamber using a simulation model. The method also comprises configuring one or more combustion chamber parameters for the simulation model to shape the resonant acoustic modes to diminish coupling between the resonant acoustic modes and driving mechanisms at a head portion of the combustion chamber and to enhance coupling between the resonant acoustic modes and damping mechanisms at an aft portion of the combustion chamber. The method further comprises determining whether the combustion chamber meets a predetermined performance level in response to determining that the combustion chamber meets a predetermined combustion stability level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Paul Gloyer, Eric Jacob, Jonathan French, Joshua Batterson, Tina Rice, Gary Flandro
  • Scalable acoustically-stable combustion chamber and design methods
    Patent number: 10876732
    Abstract: A method comprising performing simulations to determine energy transfer between bulk fluid motion of gases through a combustion chamber and resonant acoustic modes of the combustion chamber using a simulation model. The method also comprises configuring one or more combustion chamber parameters for the simulation model to shape the resonant acoustic modes to diminish coupling between the resonant acoustic modes and driving mechanisms at a head portion of the combustion chamber and to enhance coupling between the resonant acoustic modes and damping mechanisms at an aft portion of the combustion chamber. The method further comprises determining whether the combustion chamber meets a predetermined performance level in response to determining that the combustion chamber meets a predetermined combustion stability level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: GLOYER-TAYLOR LABORATORIES LLC
    Inventors: Paul Gloyer, Eric Jacob, Jonathan French, Joshua Batterson, Tina Rice, Gary Flandro
  • SCALEABLE ACOUSTICALLY-STABLE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND DESIGN METHODS
    Publication number: 20180106480
    Abstract: A method comprising performing simulations to determine energy transfer between bulk fluid motion of gases through a combustion chamber and resonant acoustic modes of the combustion chamber using a simulation model. The method also comprises configuring one or more combustion chamber parameters for the simulation model to shape the resonant acoustic modes to diminish coupling between the resonant acoustic modes and driving mechanisms at a head portion of the combustion chamber and to enhance coupling between the resonant acoustic modes and damping mechanisms at an aft portion of the combustion chamber. The method further comprises determining whether the combustion chamber meets a predetermined performance level in response to determining that the combustion chamber meets a predetermined combustion stability level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Gloyer, Eric Jacob, Jonathan French, Joshua Batterson, Tina Rice, Gary Flandro