Patents by Inventor Hubert Michael Benians

Hubert Michael Benians 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).

  • Compound gas turbine engines and methods of operation thereof
    Patent number: 7000402
    Abstract: The engine (10) has a compressor (12) for compressing air, a plurality of combustion chambers (22a–f) in which fuel mixed with the compressed air combusts, and a turbine (16) which is driven by the products of combustion. Each combustion chamber operates in a cycle comprising the phases of: A. charging the combustion chamber with a charge of compressed air from the compressor while preventing air from escaping from the combustion chamber; B. then compounding by charging with a compounding charge of gas to form a compounded charge; C. then injecting fuel into the combustion chamber so that there is spontaneous ignition and combustion of the fuel with the compounded charge; and D. then exhausting the products of combustion to the turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Inventor: Hubert Michael Benians
  • Compound gas turbine engines and methods of operation thereof
    Publication number: 20040154306
    Abstract: The engine (10) has a compressor (12) for compressing air, a plurality of combustion chambers (22a-f) in which fuel mixed with the compressed air combusts, and a turbine (16) which is driven by the products of combustion. Each combustion chamber operates in a cycle comprising the phases of: A. charging the combustion chamber with a charge of compressed air from the compressor while preventing air from escaping from the combustion chamber, B. then compounding by charging with a compounding charge of gas to form a compounded charge; C. then injecting fuel into the combustion chamber so that there is spontaneous ignition and combustion of the fuel with the compounded charge; and D. then exhausting the products of combustion to the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventor: Hubert Michael Benians