Patents by Inventor Jose Rivacoba Urruela

Jose Rivacoba Urruela 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: 6067793
    Abstract: Axisymmetric nozzles of variable geometry and orientation of flow intended for gas turbine engines, especially for aircraft. The nozzle comprises control means for adjusting the throat area and vectoring the thrust, which means are formed by three rings concentric to the longitudinal axis of the engine, an inner ring, an intermediate ring, and an outer ring, and by a plurality of linear actuators. The outer ring includes two ring segments interarticulated to each other and swingable independently or in unison to vector the thrust of the aircraft, said swinging and corresponding thrust vectoring being limited to a single plane corresponding to the pitch of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Sener, Ingenieria y Sistemas, S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Rivacoba Urruela, Kepa M. Aldecoa-Otalora
  • Patent number: 5329763
    Abstract: A thrust vectoring variable geometry exhaust nozzle for gas turbines, which includes a convergent section (2) followed, in the direction of the flow, by a divergent section (3), both formed by master (4 and 5) and slave petals (41 and 42), whose convergent section (2) defines a throat (15) having a variable area. The divergent section (3) has variable geometry in order to orientate the thrust, and includes a governing and external radial support system for regulating the throat area (15), and a governing system for regulating the vectoring of the thrust. Both system are formed by a single governing system consisting of three annular pieces (6,7 and 8), concentric among themselves and with the axis of the turbine, and by a plurality of linear actuators (9). The master petals (5) of the divergent section (3) are transversely subdivided into at least two segments (5a, 5b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: Sener, Ingenieria y Sistemas, S.A.
    Inventors: Jose I. Ibarreche Mendia, Jose Rivacoba Urruela