Patents by Inventor Paul Dowman-Tucker

Paul Dowman-Tucker 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: 20230340902
    Abstract: An electric turbomachine for use with an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger or a fuel cell e-compressor, said electric turbomachine comprising: a high-speed electrical machine located internally within a housing that is arranged to be rotationally drive a shaft (30) about a rotational axis (R); a compressor that is arranged to compress fluid within a turbo compressor when it is rotationally driven about the rotational axis (R) by the shaft; and a power electronics assembly (190) that is arranged to supply power to the electrical machine; a control assembly (230) that is arranged to control the power supplied by the power electronics assembly to the electrical machine, wherein the power electronics assembly is mounted externally on the housing (50) on a first surface of the housing and the control assembly is mounted externally on the housing on a second surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Steve Wallington, Rob Fallon, Owen Creese-Smith, Kevin Fry, Ivan Cordero-Orille, Mike Hartridge, Shinri Szymko, Paul Dowman-Tucker
  • Publication number: 20230118102
    Abstract: An electric turbomachine for use with an internal combustion engine, turbocharger or a fuel cell e-compressor, said electric turbomachine comprising: a compressor (20) that is arranged to compress fluid within a turbo compressor when it is rotationally driven about a rotational axis (R) by a shaft, said shaft being rotational supported by a drive-end bearing (65) and a non-drive-end bearing (85), and a high-speed electrical machine located within a housing (50) that is arranged to rotationally drive the shaft about the rotational axis (R); said housing comprising a drive-end wall (60) that the shafts extends through to rotationally drive the compressor, a non-drive- end wall (80) at the opposing end of the electric turbomachine to the compressor, and a side wall (55) that extends between the drive-end wall and the non-drive-end wall, and wherein the electric turbomachine comprises a cooling system (330), for receiving a flow of a coolant fluid to cool the electric turbomachine, that is integrated within the h
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Steve Wallington, Rob Fallon, Owen Creese-Smith, Kevin Fry, Ivan Cordero-Orille, Mike Hartridge, Shinri Szymko, Paul Dowman-Tucker
  • Patent number: 11005389
    Abstract: A turbogenerator power electronics system for use with a turbogenerator is described, wherein the turbogenerator power electronics system comprises a plurality of power electronics subsystems connected in parallel, each power electronics subsystem comprising an inverter. In such a way, a modular, reconfigurable power electronics system with increased ability to operate during a fault is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Bowman Power Group Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Cusworth, Stuart O'Neill, Ivan Cordero-Orille, Shinri Szymko, Paul Dowman-Tucker
  • Publication number: 20200173311
    Abstract: A system for recovering exhaust energy from fluid in an exhaust conduit of a reciprocating engine is described. There is an organic rankine cycle having a heat exchanger arranged to evaporate a working fluid of the organic rankine cycle passing through a low temperature side of the heat exchanger, in which the exhaust conduit is arranged in fluid communication with an inlet of a high temperature side of the heat exchanger for heat exchange of the fluid in the exhaust conduit downstream of the reciprocating engine to the working fluid of the organic rankine cycle. Also a turbine is arranged to receive the working fluid evaporation expansion and then a generator driven by the turbine is arranged to convert shaft power into electric power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: Bowman Power Group Limited, Bowman Power Group Limited
    Inventor: Paul Dowman-Tucker
  • Publication number: 20200106369
    Abstract: A turbogenerator power electronics system for use with a turbogenerator is described, wherein the turbogenerator power electronics system comprises a plurality of power electronics subsystems connected in parallel, each power electronics subsystem comprising an inverter. In such a way, a modular, reconfigurable power electronics system with increased ability to operate during a fault is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Cusworth, Stuart O'Neill, Ivan Cordero, Shinri Szymko, Paul Dowman-Tucker
  • Publication number: 20150330282
    Abstract: A turbogenerator system for extracting energy from a fluid stream is described. The system comprises a turbogenerator arranged to be driven by the fluid, the turbogenerator comprising a turbogenerator turbine having an inlet for receiving the fluid and an outlet for exhausting the fluid. The turbogenerator further comprises an alternator arranged on an output shaft of the turbogenerator turbine for the conversion of shaft power into electrical power. A control arrangement is provided for controlling operation of the turbogenerator in dependence upon operating conditions for the turbogenerator system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Stephen Cusworth, Jonathon McGuire, Paul Dowman-Tucker, Shinri Szymko, Toby King