Patents by Inventor Gilbert L. Anderson, Jr.

Gilbert L. Anderson, Jr. 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).

  • Method of detecting stalls in a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 6067032
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of detecting an engine stall based on the intensity of ultraviolet light being sensed in the augmentor. The method is used to confirm a stall when the gas generator burner pressure sensor is operating properly, and as a back-up detection method when the burner pressure sensor fails, or when the burner pressure line to the control system ruptures and fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gilbert L. Anderson, Jr., Damon K. Brown, Bruce S. Hinton, James B. Kelly
  • Beeswax substitutes
    Patent number: 4151001
    Abstract: Compositions useful as substitutes for natural beeswax are disclosed. Such compositions comprise a reaction product obtained by reacting under esterification conditions (1) an alcohol containing from about 10 to about 22 carbon atoms, (2) a glycolic component selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, polyoxyethylene glycol having a molecular weight from about 100 to about 1500, and polyoxypropylene glycol having a molecular weight from 150 to about 1025, and (3) a difunctional acid containing from about 7 to about 36 carbon atoms. The foregoing reaction product may be optionally mixed with other esters, or with minor amounts of natural beeswax.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1979
    Assignee: Akzona Incorporated
    Inventors: Gilbert L. Anderson, Jr., Frederick P. Siegel