Patents by Inventor Kevin R. DeRoy

Kevin R. DeRoy 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: 11180259
    Abstract: An aircraft includes one or more engines configured to generate high-pressure bleed air and low-pressure bleed air. An aircraft environmental control system (ECS) is in fluid communication with one or more of the engines to receive the high-pressure bleed air and the low-pressure bleed air. The ECS calculates a synthesized low-pressure value associated with the low-pressure bleed air while still providing bleed air using the high pressure bleed air. The ECS further switches from the high pressure bleed air to the low-bleed pressure air through the ECS while blocking flow of the high-pressure bleed air through the ECS based on the synthesized low-pressure value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffry K. Kamenetz, Erin G. Kline, Jeffrey Ernst, Bruce R. Schroder, Kevin R. DeRoy, Vince Vessella, Darragh McGrath, Adam Fagnani, Michel Labrecque
  • Patent number: 10926883
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a first engine that generates first bleed air flow and a second engine that generates second bleed air flow. The aircraft further includes an aircraft environmental control system (ECS) with a bleed manifold to collect the first bleed air flow and the second bleed air flow, and one or more air cycle machines to perform air conditioning consuming bleed air flow from the bleed manifold. The ECS balances the first bleed air flow and the second bleed air flow output from the first engine and second engine, respectively, based on a bleed manifold pressure of the bleed manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffry K. Kamenetz, Erin G. Kline, Jeffrey Ernst, James Joyce, Kevin R. DeRoy
  • Publication number: 20190291876
    Abstract: An aircraft includes one or more engines configured to generate high-pressure bleed air and low-pressure bleed air. An aircraft environmental control system (ECS) is in fluid communication with one or more of the engines to receive the high-pressure bleed air and the low-pressure bleed air. The ECS calculates a synthesized low-pressure value associated with the low-pressure bleed air while still providing bleed air using the high pressure bleed air. The ECS further switches from the high pressure bleed air to the low-bleed pressure air through the ECS while blocking flow of the high-pressure bleed air through the ECS based on the synthesized low-pressure value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffry K. Kamenetz, Erin G. Kline, Jeffrey Ernst, Bruce R. Schroder, Kevin R. DeRoy, Vince Vessella, Darragh McGrath, Adam Fagnani, Michel Labrecque
  • Publication number: 20190291872
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a first engine that generates first bleed air flow and a second engine that generates second bleed air flow. The aircraft further includes an aircraft environmental control system (ECS) with a bleed manifold to collect the first bleed air flow and the second bleed air flow, and one or more air cycle machines to perform air conditioning consuming bleed air flow from the bleed manifold. The ECS balances the first bleed air flow and the second bleed air flow output from the first engine and second engine, respectively, based on a bleed manifold pressure of the bleed manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffry K. Kamenetz, Erin G. Kline, Jeffrey Ernst, James Joyce, Kevin R. DeRoy