Patents by Inventor Gordon Pfeifer

Gordon Pfeifer 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).

  • Bulkhead and fuel nozzle guide assembly for an annular combustion chamber
    Patent number: 5419115
    Abstract: An assembly of a bulkhead 48 and fuel nozzle guide 62 for a fuel nozzle 46 disposed in a combustion chamber 24 is disclosed. Various construction details which provide for positively cooling components of the assembly are developed. In one detailed embodiment, the nozzle fuel guide is spaced from the bulkhead to form an annular gap G.sub.1 which is divided by a heat shield 72 into annular orifices 108, 112 for supplying to cooling air passages 126, 128 bounded by the heat shield 72.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Aaron Butler, Roger J. Comeau, Franklin J. Davis, James R. Harders, Thomas J. Malitsky, Randy McKinney, Gordon Pfeifer