Patents by Inventor Paul R. Dodge

Paul R. Dodge 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).

  • Method and apparatus for the destruction of volatile organic compounds
    Patent number: 5718112
    Abstract: A system for the destruction of volatile organic compounds while generating power. In a preferred embodiment the system comprises a combustor and a reaction chamber connected to an exit of the combustor. A primary inlet to the combustor supplies a primary fuel to the combustor. A secondary fuel, comprising air and an amount of one or more volatile organic compounds, is supplied to a compressor, which compresses the secondary fuel and directs the secondary fuel to the combustor and the reaction chamber. The system is suitably configured to enable the stoichiometric reaction of the two fuels in a manner sufficient to destroy the volatile organic compounds contained in the secondary fuel and power a turbine engine connected to an exit of the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1998
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Dodge, Robert S. McCarty, Doug Rogers, Gail Rogers
  • Method and apparatus for the destruction of volatile organic compounds
    Patent number: 5592811
    Abstract: A system for the destruction of volatile organic compounds while generating power. In a preferred embodiment the system comprises a combustor and a reaction chamber connected to an exit of the combustor. A primary inlet to the combustor supplies a primary fuel to the combustor. A secondary fuel, comprising air and an amount of one or more volatile organic compounds, is supplied to a compressor, which compresses the secondary fuel and directs the secondary fuel to the combustor and the reaction chamber. The system is suitably configured to enable the stoichiometric reaction of the two fuels in a manner sufficient to destroy the volatile organic compounds contained in the secondary fuel and power a turbine engine connected to an exit of the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: AlliedSignal Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Dodge, Robert S. McCarty, Doug Rogers, Gail Rogers
  • Combustion turbine engine
    Patent number: 4579507
    Abstract: A combustion turbine engine having an improved variable-area turbine stator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: The Garrett Corporation
    Inventors: Charles E. Corrigan, Paul R. Dodge
  • Combustion turbine engine
    Patent number: 4497171
    Abstract: A combustion turbine engine having an improved variable-area turbine stator assembly defining a flow path for motive fluid. The stator assembly includes a multitude of guide vane members which are movable into and out of the motive fluid flow path to respectively decrease and increase the effective fluid flow area defined thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Assignee: The Garrett Corporation
    Inventors: Charles E. Corrigan, Paul R. Dodge
  • Gas turbine fan blade
    Patent number: D273037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1984
    Assignee: The Garrett Corporation
    Inventor: Paul R. Dodge
  • Method and apparatus for the destruction of volatile organic compounds
    Patent number: RE39596
    Abstract: A system for the destruction of volatile organic compounds while generating power. In a preferred embodiment the system comprises a combustor and a reaction chamber connected to an exit of the combustor. A primary inlet to the combustor supplies a primary fuel to the combustor. A secondary fuel, comprising air and an amount of one or more volatile organic compounds, is supplied to a compressor, which compresses the secondary fuel and directs the secondary fuel to the combustor and the reaction chamber. The system is suitably configured to enable the stoichiometric reaction of the two fuels in a manner sufficient to destroy the volatile organic compounds contained in the secondary fuel and power a turbine engine connected to an exit of the reaction chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Vericor Power Systems
    Inventors: Paul R. Dodge, Robert S. McCarty, Doug Rogers, Gail Rogers