Patents by Inventor Myron L. Tapper

Myron L. Tapper 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).

  • Staged combustor
    Patent number: 5190453
    Abstract: A staged combustor including a first combustion stage for combusting a fuel rich mixture of a fuel and an oxidizer. A plurality of serially positioned secondary combustion stages, downstream the first stage, are provided for receiving secondary flows of oxidizer to the increasing mass of combustion efflux. The gradual increase of oxidizer/fuel ratios provide a resultant substantially stoichiometric combustion. A cooling system is provided for cooling these combustion stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: John O. Le, Charles L. Stone, Myron L. Tapper