Patents by Inventor Kenneth James Young

Kenneth James Young 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).

  • Gas turbine engine premix injectors
    Patent number: 8881531
    Abstract: One embodiment is a gas turbine engine premix injector including a mixing duct, a plurality of air inlet slots leading to the duct, a plurality of gaseous fuel inlet apertures leading to the duct, a plurality of vanes positioned in the duct downstream from said air inlets, a plurality of liquid fuel inlet apertures leading to the duct, and a plurality of discharge windows positioned between the vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Power Engineering Plc
    Inventors: Thomas Scarinci, Kenneth James Young
  • Fuel injector
    Patent number: 8448881
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for minimizing and/or preventing thermal degradation of fuel in a fuel injector is disclosed. The body of the injector includes a fuel gallery with a contoured scarf formed therein. The scarf is configured to minimize and/or prevent fuel recirculation thus reducing the likelihood that fuel will dwell in an area long enough to sufficient to cause the degradation of the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Power Engineering PLC
    Inventors: Kenneth James Young, Yann Courbariaux, Michel Houde, Daniel Haggerty, Philip Buelow
  • Fuel injector
    Publication number: 20080210782
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for minimizing and/or preventing thermal degradation of fuel in a fuel injector is disclosed. The body of the injector includes a fuel gallery with a contoured scarf formed therein. The scarf is configured to minimize and/or prevent fuel recirculation thus reducing the likelihood that fuel will dwell in an area long enough to sufficient to cause the degradation of the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Kenneth James Young, Yann Courbariaux, Michel Houde, Daniel Haggerty, Philip Buelow
  • Combustion chamber for gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 7076956
    Abstract: A combustion chamber suitable for a gas turbine engine is provided with at least one Helmholtz resonator having a resonator cavity and a damping tube in flow communication with the chamber interior. The damping tube is provided with at least one cooling hole extending through its wall for improved damping and cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce PLC, Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kenneth James Young, Klaus Stefan Steinbach, Volker Herzog, Iain David Jeffrey Dupere, Alan Philip Geary, Miklos Gerendas