Patents by Inventor Neal David Domel

Neal David Domel 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).

  • Exhaust plume cooling using periodic interruption of exhaust gas flow to form ambient air entraining vortices
    Patent number: 10794329
    Abstract: An exhaust plume cooling device for cooling an exhaust gas plume to reduce deleterious heat effects on impinged and surrounding surfaces. The device is supportable in a position downstream of an exhaust nozzle of an exhaust gas plume-producing engine and configured to periodically interrupt the flow of exhaust gases by injecting fluid into the exhaust plume zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Dan J. Baruzzini, Neal David Domel, Daniel N. Miller
  • Panels comprising uneven edge patterns for reducing boundary layer separation
    Patent number: 10421533
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an airfoil includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The airfoil also includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The airfoil includes a continuous panel coupled to the first side of the airfoil. The continuous panel includes a first edge having a first uneven edge pattern. The first edge has at least four vertices disposed thereon. The continuous panel extends from the first end of the airfoil to a second end of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Neal David Domel, Dan Baruzzini, Kent W. Benner, Richard Scott Ely, II, Daniel N. Miller
  • Panels Comprising Uneven Edge Patterns for Reducing Boundary Layer Separation
    Publication number: 20170129593
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an airfoil includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side, and an apparatus coupled to the first side of the airfoil, the apparatus comprising a first edge having a first uneven edge pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Neal David Domel, Dan Baruzzini, Kent W. Benner, Richard Scott Ely, II, Daniel N. Miller
  • Exhaust plume cooling using periodic interruption of exhaust gas flow to form ambient air entraining vortices
    Publication number: 20170096965
    Abstract: An exhaust plume cooling device for cooling an exhaust gas plume to reduce deleterious heat effects on impinged and surrounding surfaces. The device is supportable in a position downstream of an exhaust nozzle of an exhaust gas plume-producing engine and configured to periodically interrupt the flow of exhaust gases by injecting fluid into the exhaust plume zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Dan J. Baruzzini, Neal David Domel, Daniel N. Miller
  • Exhaust plume cooling using periodic interruption of exhaust gas flow to form ambient air entraining vortices
    Patent number: 9541030
    Abstract: An exhaust plume cooling device for cooling an exhaust gas plume to reduce deleterious heat effects on impinged and surrounding surfaces. The device is supportable in a position downstream of an exhaust nozzle of an exhaust gas plume-producing engine and configured to periodically interrupt the flow of exhaust gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Dan J. Baruzzini, Neal David Domel, Daniel N. Miller
  • Active bleed for airfoils
    Patent number: 9512821
    Abstract: An airfoil active bleed system and related method. A housing includes an induction wall, an exhaust wall having one or more exhaust ports, and a chamber between the induction and exhaust walls. Zero-net-mass-flux actuators are located in the chamber and configured and positioned to collectively induct fluid through the induction wall and selectively exhaust fluid through the exhaust port(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Baruzzini, Neal David Domel, Jeffrey G. Hakes, Daniel N. Miller
  • Exhaust Plume Cooling
    Publication number: 20150143812
    Abstract: An exhaust plume cooling device for cooling an exhaust gas plume to reduce deleterious heat effects on impinged and surrounding surfaces. The device is supportable in a position downstream of an exhaust nozzle of an exhaust gas plume-producing engine and configured to periodically interrupt the flow of exhaust gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Dan J. Baruzzini, Neal David Domel, Daniel N. Miller
  • Active Bleed For Airfoils
    Publication number: 20150050147
    Abstract: An airfoil active bleed system and related method. A housing includes an induction wall, an exhaust wall having one or more exhaust ports, and a chamber between the induction and exhaust walls. Zero-net-mass-flux actuators are located in the chamber and configured and positioned to collectively induct fluid through the induction wall and selectively exhaust fluid through the exhaust port(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Loceheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Dan Baruzzini, Neal David Domel, Jeffrey G. Hakes, Daniel N. Miller