Patents by Inventor Maurice I. Taylor

Maurice I. Taylor 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 power plant
    Patent number: 4679394
    Abstract: A nozzle structure for a gas turbine power plant for a V.T.O.L. or S.T.O.L. type aircraft includes a main engine and at least one auxiliary engine; the efflux from the at least one auxiliary engine may be directed downwardly or alternatively horizontally through a convergent/divergent nozzle which may be closed off when the at least one auxiliary engine is inoperative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventor: Maurice I. Taylor
  • Gas turbine engine power plant
    Patent number: 4248041
    Abstract: A V.S.T.O.L. gas turbine power plant includes a main gas turbine engine having an exhaust gas propulsion nozzle and a fan arranged within a fan duct, which duct terminates in two nozzles such that a portion of the fan air may be directed vertically downwards or horizontally, the remaining portion of the fan air acts as a working fluid in one or more further auxiliary gas turbine engines each engine including a vectorable exhaust nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1981
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Limited
    Inventors: Geoffrey L. Wilde, Maurice I. Taylor, Geoffrey P. Medland
  • Thrust reverser for a fluid flow propulsion engine
    Patent number: 4177639
    Abstract: In a gas turbine ducted fan engine, the inner wall portion which during cruise blocks the inner end of the reverser outlet, and the blocker flaps are separate entities which are aligned with each other in an upstream, downstream direction. This enables inter alia, the inner wall portion to be of much stiffer construction than hitherto, per unit volume of material used and thus improves sealing of the fan duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1979
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Limited
    Inventor: Maurice I. Taylor