Patents by Inventor Ralph R. Conley

Ralph R. Conley 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).

  • Patent number: 4681261
    Abstract: An improved nozzle structure for an engine, such as a ramjet, rocket or turbojet, which generates thrust by expulsion of gaseous fuel combustion products along a thrust axis is described which comprises an annular wall structure defining an inlet and an outlet for the nozzle and having a contoured inner surface defining near the inlet a radially inwardly convergent annular ramp of predetermined length and convergence angle, near the outlet a radially outwardly divergent annular ramp of predetermined length and divergence angle, and a nozzle throat of predetermined diameter at the juncture of the annular ramps; a transverse web member disposed at the nozzle throat and extending diametrically of the annular wall, defining two substantially symmetrical passageways through the nozzle, having a leading edge near the inlet and trailing edge near the outlet, and having a double wedge shaped cross section symmetric with respect to a plane containing the thrust axis, the surface of the web member defining a pair of ra
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Dallas G. Wetzler, Ralph R. Conley