Patents by Inventor Nicholas NGOLY

Nicholas NGOLY 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).

  • Publication number: 20200040819
    Abstract: An air inlet system for an auxiliary power unit (APU) has an intake duct having a wall defining an inlet plenum and forming an inlet opening configured to direct air into the inlet plenum. The system further comprising a load compressor passage in fluid communication with the inlet plenum and leading to a load compressor of the APU; and a core compressor passage in fluid communication with the inlet plenum and leading to a core compressor of the APU. A deflector is provided in the inlet plenum between the inlet opening and the core compressor inlet to deflect at least part of particles carried by an incoming airflow away from the core compressor inlet toward the load compressor inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Nigel WALTERS, Nicholas NGOLY, David CERANTOLA, Mark CUNNINGHAM, Roger LACHANCE
  • Publication number: 20190301479
    Abstract: A fluid system for a gas turbine engine includes a first supply line, a hydraulic accessory actuable by a fluid, and a second supply line fluidly connected the hydraulic accessory and to the first supply line upstream of the component. An accumulator is fluidly connected to the second supply line upstream of the hydraulic accessory. The accumulator is operable to fill a reservoir with the fluid from the first supply line via the second supply line, and to deliver the fluid to the hydraulic accessory via the second supply line. The first supply line may be a fuel or lubricant main supply line of the engine. A method of actuating a hydraulic accessory is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Nicholas NGOLY, Simon HARTROPP, Andrew WALZ, Roger LACHANCE