Patents by Inventor Michael A. Guntorius

Michael A. Guntorius 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).

  • Pulsed detonation engine with divergent inflow transition section
    Patent number: 6446428
    Abstract: A pulsed detonation engine having an initiator tube fueled with an enhanced fuel mixture is configured in fluid communication with a detonation chamber via a divergent inflow transition section. The divergent inflow transition section has a diverging contoured shape having a rate of divergence continuously dependent upon the diameter of the tube, the critical diameter of the enhanced fuel mixture within the tube and the cross-sectional area of the detonation chamber. The inflow transition section, which may have a stair-step configuration, includes a plurality of fuel and/or air ports to permit the fuel and air to be injected through the transition section and into the detonation chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Kaemming, Paul G. Willhite, Richard S. Dyer, Michael A. Guntorius
  • Pulsed Detonation Engine With Divergent Inflow Transition Section
    Publication number: 20020078679
    Abstract: A pulsed detonation engine having an initiator tube fueled with an enhanced fuel mixture is configured in fluid communication with a detonation chamber via a divergent inflow transition section. The divergent inflow transition section has a diverging contoured shape having a rate of divergence continuously dependent upon the diameter of the tube, the critical diameter of the enhanced fuel mixture within the tube and the cross-sectional area of the detonation chamber. The inflow transition section, which may have a stair-step configuration, includes a plurality of fuel and/or air ports to permit the fuel and air to be injected through the transition section and into the detonation chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Kaemming, Paul G. Willhite, Richard S. Dyer, Michael A. Guntorius
  • Pulsed Detonation Engine With Backpressure
    Publication number: 20020059793
    Abstract: A pulsed detonation engine having an initiator tube fueled with an enhanced fuel mixture is configured in fluid communication with a detonation chamber via a divergent inflow transition section. The divergent inflow transition section has a diverging contoured shape having a rate of divergence continuously dependent upon the diameter of the tube, the critical diameter of the enhanced fuel mixture within the tube and the cross-sectional area of the detonation chamber. The inflow transition section, which may have a stair-step configuration, includes a plurality of fuel and/or air ports to permit the fuel and air to be injected through the transition section and into the detonation chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas A. Kaemming, Paul G. Willhite, Richard S. Dyer, Michael A. Guntorius
  • Pulsed detonation engine with ejector bypass
    Patent number: 6347509
    Abstract: A pulsed detonation engine having an initiator tube fueled with an enhanced fuel mixture is configured in fluid communication with a detonation chamber via a divergent inflow transition section. The divergent inflow transition section has a diverging contoured shape having a rate of divergence continuously dependent upon the diameter of the tube, the critical diameter of the enhanced fuel mixture within the tube and the cross-sectional area of the detonation chamber. The inflow transition section, which may have a stair-step configuration, includes a plurality of fuel and/or air ports to permit the fuel and air to be injected through the transition section and into the detonation chamber. The pulsed detonation engine includes a volume of ejector/bypass air surrounding the detonation chamber, which captures the detonation engine exhaust and mixes the exhaust with the ejector air, and a back pressure device for feeding dynamic pressure ejector air to the interior of the detonation chamber near its outlet end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation c/o The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thomas A. Kaemming, Paul G. Willhite, Richard S. Dyer, Michael A. Guntorius