Patents by Inventor Paul Bernard Stumbo

Paul Bernard Stumbo 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).

  • Aircraft and a retrofit cryogenic fuel system
    Patent number: 9701416
    Abstract: An aircraft having a turbine engine having a bleed air output line, a cryogenic fuel system having a cryogenic fuel tank for storing cryogenic fuel and a supply line operably coupling the tank to the turbine engine, and an on board inert gas generating system (OBIGGS) fluidly coupled to the bleed air output and having a nitrogen rich stream output line and an oxygen rich stream output line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Jay Epstein, Paul Bernard Stumbo, Robert Harold Weisgerber
  • AIRCRAFT AND A RETROFIT CRYOGENIC FUEL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150344145
    Abstract: An aircraft having a turbine engine having a bleed air output line, a cryogenic fuel system having a cryogenic fuel tank for storing cryogenic fuel and a supply line operably coupling the tank to the turbine engine, and an on board inert gas generating system (OBIGGS) fluidly coupled to the bleed air output and having a nitrogen rich stream output line and an oxygen rich stream output line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Jay EPSTEIN, Paul Bernard STUMBO, Robert Harold WEISGERBER
  • Methods and apparatus for assembling gas turbine engine struts
    Patent number: 6796765
    Abstract: A method for installing an expandable stiffener includes providing an assembly including a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected at a leading and trailing edge such that a cavity is defined therebetween, forming an opening extending through the first sidewall and the second sidewall, inserting a first expandable sleeve through the assembly opening such that the sleeve extends between the first and second strut sidewalls, and coupling the sleeve to the first and second sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Russell Dean Kosel, Paul Bernard Stumbo, Arshad Rehman
  • Methods and apparatus for assembling gas turbine engine struts
    Publication number: 20030123976
    Abstract: A method for installing an expandable stiffener includes providing an assembly including a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected at a leading and trailing edge such that a cavity is defined therebetween, forming an opening extending through the first sidewall and the second sidewall, inserting a first expandable sleeve through the assembly opening such that the sleeve extends between the first and second strut sidewalls, and coupling the sleeve to the first and second sidewalls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Russell Dean Kosel, Paul Bernard Stumbo, Arshad Rehman