Patents by Inventor Nathan Thomas WILLIS

Nathan Thomas WILLIS 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).

  • Combustion chamber arrangement
    Patent number: 9835332
    Abstract: A combustion chamber arrangement including an outer wall and an inner wall spaced from the outer wall and the outer wall supports the inner wall. The inner wall including at least one row of circumferentially arranged tiles. At least one tile in the at least one row of tiles having an L, or V, shaped downstream end and the downstream end of the tile in the row of tiles having a first portion extending from the downstream end of the tile towards and sealing with an inner surface of the outer wall and a second portion extending from the first portion in a downstream direction and away from the inner surface of the outer wall. The first portion of the downstream end of the tile having a plurality of apertures to supply coolant over an inner surface of the second portion of the downstream end of the tile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Lisa Jane Jopp, Nathan Thomas Willis
  • COMBUSTION CHAMBER ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20150300645
    Abstract: A combustion chamber arrangement including an outer wall and an inner wall spaced from the outer wall and the outer wall supports the inner wall. The inner wall including at least one row of circumferentially arranged tiles. At least one tile in the at least one row of tiles having an L, or V, shaped downstream end and the downstream end of the tile in the row of tiles having a first portion extending from the downstream end of the tile towards and sealing with an inner surface of the outer wall and a second portion extending from the first portion in a downstream direction and away from the inner surface of the outer wall. The first portion of the downstream end of the tile having a plurality of apertures to supply coolant over an inner surface of the second portion of the downstream end of the tile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Lisa Jane JOPP, Nathan Thomas WILLIS