Patents by Inventor Mirko Gernone

Mirko Gernone 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).

  • Patent number: 11946419
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to produce hydrogen gas turbine propulsion are disclosed. An example apparatus to produce propulsion in a gas turbine engine includes a fluid line to transport hydrogen from a hydrogen supply and an inert gas from an inert gas supply to a gas turbine combustor. The apparatus also includes at least one heat exchanger coupled to the fluid line to heat the inert gas and the hydrogen in the fluid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: General Electric Company, GE AVIO S.R.L.
    Inventors: David Justin Brady, Mirko Gernone, Nathan E Gibson
  • Publication number: 20240084741
    Abstract: Flow-metering fuel systems and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a pipe defining a flow path for fuel, the pipe fluidly coupled to a combustor, a first portion of the pipe having a first cross-sectional area, a second portion of the pipe having a second cross-sectional area smaller than the first cross-sectional area, the second portion downstream of the first portion, and an actuator to adjust a flow rate of the fuel in the pipe based on a first pressure of the fuel in the first portion of the pipe, a second pressure of the fuel in the second portion of the pipe, and a temperature of the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Murray, Mirko Gernone
  • Publication number: 20230265797
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to produce hydrogen gas turbine propulsion are disclosed. An example apparatus to produce propulsion in a gas turbine engine includes a fluid line to transport hydrogen from a hydrogen supply and an inert gas from an inert gas supply to a gas turbine combustor. The apparatus also includes at least one heat exchanger coupled to the fluid line to heat the inert gas and the hydrogen in the fluid line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: David Justin Brady, Mirko Gernone, Nathan E Gibson
  • Publication number: 20230243311
    Abstract: A fuel supply system for a combustion section of a turbine engine. The turbine engine including a heat source. The fuel supply system comprising a first fuel supply having a liquid fuel, a second fuel supply having a first gaseous fuel, and a heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the first fuel supply and the heat source. The heat exchanger producing a heat sufficient to change the liquid fuel to a second gaseous fuel that is the same type of fuel as the first gaseous fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: David Justin Brady, Mirko Gernone, Michael A. Benjamin, Steven C. Vise
  • Patent number: 11674443
    Abstract: A fuel system for a vehicle having an engine is provided. The fuel system including: a fuel tank for holding a hydrogen fuel in a liquid phase; a fuel delivery assembly extending from the fuel tank to the engine for providing the hydrogen fuel from the fuel tank to the engine; a vaporizer in communication with the fuel delivery assembly for heating the hydrogen fuel in the liquid phase to a gaseous phase, to a supercritical phase, or both; and a high pressure pump in fluid communication with the fuel delivery assembly at a location downstream of the vaporizer for inducing a flow of the hydrogen fuel through the fuel delivery assembly to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: General Electric Company, GE Avio S.r.l.
    Inventors: Nathan Evan McCurdy Gibson, David Justin Brady, Justin Paul Smith, Mirko Gernone
  • Publication number: 20220145801
    Abstract: A fuel system for a vehicle having an engine is provided. The fuel system including: a fuel tank for holding a hydrogen fuel in a liquid phase; a fuel delivery assembly extending from the fuel tank to the engine for providing the hydrogen fuel from the fuel tank to the engine; a vaporizer in communication with the fuel delivery assembly for heating the hydrogen fuel in the liquid phase to a gaseous phase, to a supercritical phase, or both; and a high pressure pump in fluid communication with the fuel delivery assembly at a location downstream of the vaporizer for inducing a flow of the hydrogen fuel through the fuel delivery assembly to the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Nathan Evan McCurdy Gibson, David Justin Brady, Justin Paul Smith, Mirko Gernone