Patents by Inventor Glenn L. Knight, Jr.

Glenn L. Knight, 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).

  • Patent number: 4840026
    Abstract: A band clamp apparatus having two 180.degree. segments which are bolted together at flanges on the horizontal centerline. A substantial portion of each segment has a scalloped band contour for weight reduction. An internal groove in the band clamp which has parallel facing walls which engage the mated flanges of the casings of the engine/exhaust system. Local radial restraints are provided on the engine/exhaust system casings to achieve radial constraint and circumferential positioning of the band clamp apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1989
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Dudley O. Nash, Glenn L. Knight, Jr., James H. Bertke
  • Patent number: 4312185
    Abstract: A low profile fuel injection system for a thrust augmenter to a gas turbine engine, for example, a turbofan engine, comprising fuel manifolds secured with the outer surface of the augmenter casing and arranged to receive fuel under pressure from a fuel source, fuel-connecting members containing flow channels and secured with the inner surface of the casing, injector valve heads containing fuel metering means and spaced circumferentially on the outer surface of the casing, and injector tubes having spray orifices and extending from the injector valve heads into the flow ducts within the casing. The elements are in communication with each other such that fuel from the fuel source is injected from the injector tubes into the gas flow within the augmenter to achieve additional engine thrust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1982
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dudley O. Nash, Glenn L. Knight, Jr.