Patents by Inventor Theodore Strickland

Theodore Strickland 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).

  • Reducing noise from a combustor of a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 11598527
    Abstract: A method of reducing noise from a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes the steps of establishing a maximum noise limit that may be for a particular frequency range. A primary fuel flow percentage, which may be emitted from a fuel nozzle arrangement having various groupings of simplex and duplex nozzles, is then established. An immersion depth measured between an aft rim of a swirler and a distal tip of the fuel nozzles may then be reduced thereby reducing the noise amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Justin M. Locke, Dennis Moura, Duane McCormick, Scott A. Liljenberg, Theodore Strickland, William Proscia
  • REDUCING NOISE FROM A COMBUSTOR OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20170356654
    Abstract: A method of reducing noise from a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes the steps of establishing a maximum noise limit that may be for a particular frequency range. A primary fuel flow percentage, which may be emitted from a fuel nozzle arrangement having various groupings of simplex and duplex nozzles, is then established. An immersion depth measured between an aft rim of a swirler and a distal tip of the fuel nozzles may then be reduced thereby reducing the noise amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Justin M. Locke, Dennis Moura, Duane McCormick, Scott A. Liljenberg, Theodore Strickland, William Proscia