Patents by Inventor John K. Elsworth

John K. Elsworth 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: 4708371
    Abstract: A manifold is provided surrounding the casing of a combustion chamber for a gas turbine engine, and the manifold is mounted in spaced aligned segments with couplings between the segments. Each coupling includes a removable tube connector extending between passageways forming the fuel line in the manifold. The tube connector is provided with a radial collar thereon, and a sleeve which is adapted to enclose the space between ends of respective manifold segments is also provided with a mating collar adapted to receive the radial collar on the tube connector. The sleeve is retractable over the ends of the manifold segments, and movement of the sleeve in one direction or the other will also move the tube connector by virtue of the interlocking collars. The manifold segments are provided with a second passageway for draining leaked fuel. The space defined by the sleeve is sealed, and fuel can communicate through to the second passageway for drainage outboard of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1987
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Elsworth, Ali Nownahal, Kevin Wilson