Patents by Inventor Meredith Bright Colket

Meredith Bright Colket 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).

  • Augmentor with axially displaced vane system
    Patent number: 7013635
    Abstract: An augmentor system minimizes acoustic pressure fluctuations on the heat release process within the augmentor by staggering the vanes therein. The alternating axial vane stagger pattern arranges the downstream set of vanes as baffles which prevent the propagation of tangential acoustic waves between the vanes to protect the upstream set of vanes from the effects of transverse acoustic velocity fluctuations which minimizes screech without substantially affecting augmentor performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Cohen, Meredith Bright Colket, III, Scott A. Liljenberg, Andrzej Banaszuk, Derk S. Philippona, Jeffery A. Lovett
  • Nitrogen in fuel-additives to suppress particulate emissions from gas turbines and diesel engines
    Publication number: 20040216371
    Abstract: A method of suppressing particulate emissions during fuel combustion comprising the steps of providing a fuel, and adding to the fuel a heterocyclic hydrocarbon structure comprising at least one nitrogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Meredith Bright Colket, David Stephen Liscinsky, Bruce Scott True