Patents by Inventor John A Bossard

John A Bossard 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).

  • Publication number: 20240229745
    Abstract: A Duplex Turbine Guide Vane (DTGV) assembly for a turbojet engine includes DTGVs arranged on a non-rotating guide vane ring configured to be positioned coaxially in apposition with a rotatable turbine wheel comprising turbine blades. Each of the DTGVs has an internal channel configured for receiving a gas and delivering the gas toward the turbine blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: John A Bossard, John L Bergmans
  • Publication number: 20240133352
    Abstract: A Duplex Turbine Guide Vane (DTGV) assembly for a turbojet engine includes DTGVs arranged on a non-rotating guide vane ring configured to be positioned coaxially in apposition with a rotatable turbine wheel comprising turbine blades. Each of the DTGVs has an internal channel configured for receiving a gas and delivering the gas toward the turbine blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: John A Bossard, John L Bergmans
  • Patent number: 11781507
    Abstract: A turbojet engine capable of operation in an Air Turbo Rocket (ATR) mode includes a compressor, a rotatable turbine wheel comprising turbine blades, a non-rotating guide vane ring comprising guide vanes, a turbine shaft configured to power said compressor, a combustor, a gas generator, and a main combustor. The main combustor is configured to combust hot, fuel rich gas from the gas generator in air compressed by the compressor. Hot, fuel rich gas from the gas generator is directed towards the turbine blades by a directing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ATRX, Inc.
    Inventors: John A Bossard, John L Bergmans
  • Publication number: 20230003135
    Abstract: A turbojet engine capable of operation in an Air Turbo Rocket (ATR) mode includes a compressor, a rotatable turbine wheel comprising turbine blades, a non-rotating guide vane ring comprising guide vanes, a turbine shaft configured to power said compressor, a combustor, a gas generator, and a main combustor. The main combustor is configured to combust hot, fuel rich gas from the gas generator in air compressed by the compressor. Hot, fuel rich gas from the gas generator is directed towards the turbine blades by a directing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: John A Bossard, John L Bergmans
  • Patent number: 9650997
    Abstract: A turbojet is combined with a co-axially integrated rotary rocket to form a propulsion system called a Rotary Turbo Rocket that can function as a turbojet, as an afterburning turbojet, as an Air Turbo Rocket, or as a rotary rocket. The Rotary Turbo Rocket can operate in any of these propulsion modes singularly, or in any combination of these propulsion modes, and can transition continuously or abruptly between operating modes. The Rotary Turbo Rocket can span the zero to orbital flight velocity speed range and/or operate continuously as it transitions from atmospheric to space flight by transitioning between operating modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Inventor: John Bossard
  • Publication number: 20150007549
    Abstract: A turbojet is combined with a co-axially integrated rotary rocket to form a propulsion system called a Rotary Turbo Rocket that can function as a turbojet, as an afterburning turbojet, as an Air Turbo Rocket, or as a rotary rocket. The Rotary Turbo Rocket can operate in any of these propulsion modes singularly, or in any combination of these propulsion modes, and can transition continuously or abruptly between operating modes. The Rotary Turbo Rocket can span the zero to orbital flight velocity speed range and/or operate continuously as it transitions from atmospheric to space flight by transitioning between operating modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: John Bossard