Patents by Inventor Ricardo Cabra

Ricardo Cabra 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).

  • Gas Turbine Fuel System for High Altitude Starting and Operation
    Publication number: 20090077973
    Abstract: A fuel system for a gas turbine engine comprises a set of starting fuel injectors that operate in a fuel pressurised atomisation mode to atomise fuel that flows therethrough during an ignition and a post-ignition phase and a set of main fuel injectors that operate in an air blast mode to atomise fuel that flows therethrough during the post-ignition phase and a high altitude ready to load phase and an air assist mode to control the pattern of fuel atomisation during a loaded phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiaolan Hu, Daih-Yeou Chen, Ricardo Cabra, David L. Ripley