Patents by Inventor Richard Avellan

Richard Avellan 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: 8387389
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a first flow passage and a main combustion arrangement in the first flow passage. The engine further includes a second flow passage and a first catalytic combustion arrangement in the second flow passage, wherein the second flow passage can communicate with the first flow passage at at least one upstream passage junction upstream of the main combustion arrangement and upstream of the first catalytic combustion arrangement, and the second flow passage can communicate with the first flow passage at at least one downstream passage junction downstream of the main combustion arrangement and downstream of the first catalytic combustion arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Volvo Aero Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Avellan, Tomas Grönstedt
  • Publication number: 20120288374
    Abstract: An air propeller arrangement for propulsion of a fixed-wing aircraft includes a first air propeller that includes a first hub member and at least a first and a second propeller blade, the first and second blades being configured to contribute significantly to the propulsion and having a substantially equal length. Each of the blades has an inner, root end arranged at the first hub member and an outer, tip end positioned at a distance from the first hub member such that each blade extends in a radial direction from the first hub member. The first and second blades are interconnected at their outer ends. An aircraft provided with such an air propeller arrangement is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: Volvo Aero Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Avellan, Anders Lundbladh
  • Patent number: 8215096
    Abstract: An outlet device for a jet engine comprises a number of fixed ducts, each with a gas intake and a gas outlet for conducting a gas from the jet engine, at least two of the outlets of said gas ducts open in different directions, and a gas distribution arrangement is arranged at the gas intakes for selective distribution of the gas to the ducts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Volvo Aero Corporation
    Inventors: Anders Lundbladh, Melker Härefors, Richard Avellán
  • Publication number: 20110023446
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a first flow passage and a main combustion arrangement in the first flow passage. The engine further includes a second flow passage and a first catalytic combustion arrangement in the second flow passage, wherein the second flow passage can communicate with the first flow passage at at least one upstream passage junction upstream of the main combustion arrangement and upstream of the first catalytic combustion arrangement, and the second flow passage can communicate with the first flow passage at at least one downstream passage junction downstream of the main combustion arrangement and downstream of the first catalytic combustion arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Richard Avellan, Tomas Grönstedt
  • Publication number: 20090211224
    Abstract: An outlet device for a jet engine comprises a number of fixed ducts, each with a gas intake and a gas outlet for conducting a gas from the jet engine, at least two of the outlets of said gas ducts open in different directions, and a gas distribution arrangement is arranged at the gas intakes for selective distribution of the gas to the ducts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: VOLVO AERO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Anders Lundladh, Melker Harefors, Richard Avellan