Patents by Inventor Milton Bradford Hilt

Milton Bradford Hilt 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).

  • Reduced emissions gas turbine combustor
    Patent number: 6192689
    Abstract: An optimized combustor cooperating with a compressor in driving a gas turbine comprises a cylindrical outer combustor wall having an upstream fuel entry region and a downstream turbine entry region. An array of mixing holes are disposed about the periphery of the outer combustor wall adjacent to the fuel entry region so as to lower Nox production therein. An array of dilution holes are medially disposed within the outer combustor wall to provide an entry for dilution air to the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alan S. Feitelberg, Kevin Michael Elward, Robert Lee Hillis, Milton Bradford Hilt, John Francis Love, Roointon Erach Pavri, Richard Benjamin Schiefer, Richard Arthur Symonds