Patents by Inventor Jonathan E Holt

Jonathan E Holt 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: 11970975
    Abstract: A fuel delivery system (201) is shown for delivering the hydrogen fuel from a cryogenic storage system to a fuel injection system in a gas turbine engine. The fuel delivery system includes a pump (301), a metering device (302), and a fuel heating system (303,304) for heating the hydrogen fuel to an injection temperature for the fuel injection system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Chloe J Palmer, Guy D Snowsill, Jonathan E Holt
  • Patent number: 11739700
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion system includes a hydrocarbon fuel store, a hydrogen fuel store, an engine system capable of producing thrust by combusting hydrocarbon fuel and/or combusting or oxidising hydrogen fuel, a conveying system to convey hydrocarbon and hydrogen fuel from the fuel stores to the engine system and a control system to control the respective flow rates of the fuel within the conveying system. The control system adapts the fractions of the total fuel energy flow rate to the engine system represented by the hydrocarbon and hydrogen fuel energy flow rates in order to reduce climate warming impact caused by at least one of carbon dioxide, water vapour and condensation trails and/or increase climate cooling impact caused by condensation trails produced by the aircraft propulsion system compared to a dual-fuel propulsion system in which a reserve of hydrocarbon fuel is entirely combusted before any of a reserve of hydrogen fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Peter Swann, Jonathan E Holt
  • Patent number: 10626800
    Abstract: A case cooling calibration system for a gas turbine engine includes a rotor casing, and a stage, rotatably mounted within the rotor casing. The rotor-casing includes in-series fluid communication, a duct, a flow control valve, and a manifold. The valve regulates an air flow through the duct to the manifold, which is arranged radially outwardly around the casing radially coplanar with the rotor stage. A temperature sensing apparatus is positioned on the rotor casing, radially outwardly of the rotor stage. A controller regulates the valve in a stepwise manner providing a variable cooling air-flow to the rotor-casing. A processor calculates a correction depending on a comparison between the rotor casing temperature and a predicted rotor-casing temperature for a given engine power condition. An engine controller controls the valve depending on the correction characteristic to maintain a predetermined operational radial clearance between the rotor-stage and the rotor-casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Jonathan E Holt, Leo V Lewis
  • Patent number: 7819623
    Abstract: A clearance control apparatus for controlling the clearance between a rotary assembly (17) and a casing (24) surrounding the rotary assembly (17) is disclosed. The clearance control apparatus comprises a temperature measuring device (34) to measure the temperature of a radially outer portion of the rotary assembly and a cooling arrangement (28) to cool the casing (24). A control system (36) is associated with the temperature measuring device (34) and the cooling arrangement (28) to control the extent of cooling of the casing (24). The extent of cooling is dependent upon the temperature of the aforesaid portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Roger A Sutherland, Colin R Barnfather, Jonathan E Holt, Christopher D Jack, Ralph W Hill