Patents by Inventor Mark Wilksch

Mark Wilksch 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).

  • Electrically heated catalytic combustor
    Patent number: 11873994
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system comprising a recuperated gas turbine engine with a catalytic combustor, and methods of operating the same, the catalytic combustor comprising: (a) an upstream section comprising an electrical heater and (b) a downstream catalyst section, wherein the upstream section and the downstream catalyst section are disposed adjacent to and in fluid communication with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, Delta Motorsport Limited
    Inventors: Nick Carpenter, Guy Chandler, Jeremy Gidney, Scott Herring, Chris Morgan, Timothy O'Connell, Mark Wilksch
  • ELECTRICALLY HEATED CATALYTIC COMBUSTOR
    Publication number: 20210396391
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system comprising a recuperated gas turbine engine with a catalytic combustor, and methods of operating the same, the catalytic combustor comprising: (a) an upstream section comprising an electrical heater and (b) a downstream catalyst section, wherein the upstream section and the downstream catalyst section are disposed adjacent to and in fluid communication with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Nick CARPENTER, Guy CHANDLER, Jeremy GIDNEY, Scott HERRING, Chris MORGAN, Timothy O'CONNELL, Mark WILKSCH
  • Gas turbine generators
    Patent number: 11125103
    Abstract: A radial flow gas turbine generator (10) where the gas turbine generator (10) includes a shaft (30) having a rotor (20) of the generator (10), a compressor wheel (16) and a turbine wheel (18) fixed thereto. The shaft (30) is supported for rotation by a single bearing arrangement (38 provided at an axial position on the shaft (30) that is between the rotor (20) and the compressor wheel (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Delta Motorsport Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Carpenter, Scott Herring, Mark Wilksch
  • GAS TURBINE GENERATORS
    Publication number: 20190360352
    Abstract: A radial flow gas turbine generator (10) where the gas turbine generator (10) includes a shaft (30) having a rotor (20) of the generator (10), a compressor wheel (16) and a turbine wheel (18) fixed thereto. The shaft (30) is supported for rotation by a single bearing arrangement (38 provided at an axial position on the shaft (30) that is between the rotor (20) and the compressor wheel (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas Carpenter, Scott Herring, Mark Wilksch
  • Automotive fuel supply apparatus and control valve
    Patent number: 5339785
    Abstract: A fuel delivery arrangement for a fuel injected engine 12 has a single fuel line 16 extending from an in-tank fuel pump 14 to a fuel rail 18. Included within the fuel line 16 is a check valve 24 which allows fuel flow from the tank to the fuel rail but which prevents return flow while allowing any trapped fuel between the fuel rail and the check valve to expand to reduce pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Mark Wilksch