Patents by Inventor Thomas Michael Lavertu, Jr.

Thomas Michael Lavertu, Jr. 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).

  • Publication number: 20180179961
    Abstract: A turbine engine assembly including a rotating detonation combustor configured to combust a fuel-air mixture formed at least partially from a primary fuel including methane. The assembly also includes a fuel reformer configured to produce a secondary fuel, wherein the fuel reformer is further configured to channel a flow of secondary fuel towards the rotating detonation combustor such that the fuel-air mixture further includes the secondary fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Lavertu, Jr., Kapil Kumar Singh, Venkat Eswarlu Tangirala, Michael John Bowman, Joel Meier Haynes, Anthony John Dean
  • Publication number: 20180180289
    Abstract: A turbine engine assembly including a rotating detonation combustor configured to combust a fuel-air mixture. The rotating detonation combustor includes a radially inner side wall, a radially outer side wall extending about the radially inner side wall such that an annular combustion chamber is at least partially defined therebetween, and a cooling conduit extending along at least one of the radially inner side wall or the radially outer side wall. The assembly also includes a first compressor configured to discharge a flow of cooling air towards the rotating detonation combustor, and to channel the flow of cooling air through the cooling conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Lavertu, Jr., Andrew Maxwell Peter, Venkat Eswarlu Tangirala, James Albert Tallman, Anthony John Dean