Patents by Inventor Simon L. FULLER

Simon L. FULLER 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).

  • Flexible hose
    Patent number: 11486519
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible hose for connecting a fuel manifold to a burner of a gas turbine engine. The flexible hose includes a metal convolute tube, an elongate member or members located in grooves formed in the inner surface of the convolute tube, and a pressure-containing sheath outside the convolute tube. The flexible tube has end connectors fluidly-tightly joined to respective ends of the hose for connection at one end of the hose to the fuel manifold of the gas turbine engine, and at the other end of the hose to the burner of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Simon L Fuller
  • FLEXIBLE HOSE
    Publication number: 20170314709
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flexible hose for connecting a fuel manifold to a burner of a gas turbine engine. The flexible hose includes a metal convolute tube, an elongate member or members located in grooves formed in the inner surface of the convolute tube, and a pressure-containing sheath outside the convolute tube. The flexible tube has end connectors fluidly-tightly joined to respective ends of the hose for connection at one end of the hose to the fuel manifold of the gas turbine engine, and at the other end of the hose to the burner of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Simon L. FULLER