Patents by Inventor Rory S. de Chair

Rory S. de Chair 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 engines
    Patent number: 4199296
    Abstract: A supersonic compressor having an annular array of passages in which each passage comprises a throat portion and a divergent portion downstream of the throat. The passages are bounded by radially inner and outer walls one of which extends further upstream than the other and defines an intake to each passage in the shape of a supersonic compression ramp. The intakes and passages are separated from each other by circumferentially extending side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1980
    Inventor: Rory S. de Chair