Patents by Inventor Roger James Park

Roger James Park 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: 8127546
    Abstract: An end cap for a fuel injector of a turbine engine is disclosed. The end cap includes an annular first surface including a plurality of perforations. The annular first surface is exposed to a combustion chamber of the turbine engine. The end cap is coupled to an end face of the fuel injector to define an enclosed cavity. The enclosed cavity and the plurality of perforations form an array of Helmholtz resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Inc.
    Inventor: Roger James Park
  • Publication number: 20080295519
    Abstract: An end cap for a fuel injector of a turbine engine is disclosed. The end cap includes an annular first surface including a plurality of perforations. The annular first surface is exposed to a combustion chamber of the turbine engine. The end cap is coupled to an end face of the fuel injector to define an enclosed cavity. The enclosed cavity and the plurality of perforations form an array of Helmholtz resonators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventor: Roger James Park
  • Patent number: 6425240
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustion includes a combustion chamber mounted within an air supply manifold. The combustion chamber preferably has a fixed downstream portion and a telescopically-movable upstream portion, a burner head provided with a fuel injector, and a primary air inlet from the manifold into the combustion chamber defined between the burner head and an upstream end of the telescopically-movable upstream portion. Movement of the upstream portion of the combustion chamber towards the burner head serves to restrict the primary air inlet while opening a secondary air inlet from the manifold into the combustion chamber downstream of the burner head. Movement of the upstream portion of the combustion chamber away from the burner head serves to open the primary air inlet while restricting the secondary air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2002
    Assignee: ABB Alstom Power UK Ltd.
    Inventor: Roger James Park
  • Patent number: 6151899
    Abstract: A lean-burn combustor for a gas-turbine engine has a radial inflow pre-mixing, pre-swirling burner with a central burner face which forms the upstream wall of a pre-chamber of the combustor. A circular recess is formed in the burner face, the recess having at least one pilot fuel injector for introducing pilot fuel tangentially into the recess, whereby the burner runs cooler and combustion characteristics are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Alstom Gas Turbines Limited
    Inventor: Roger James Park