Patents by Inventor Vinod G. Mengle

Vinod G. Mengle 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: 20230112668
    Abstract: Dissimilarly shaped aircraft nozzles with tandem mixing devices, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An ejector nozzle in a representative embodiment includes a nozzle duct having a nozzle flow axis, a first axial position and a second axial position. The nozzle duct has a first cross-sectional shape at the first axial position, and a second cross-sectional shape at the second axial position, with the second shape being geometrically non-similar to the first shape. The nozzle further includes a fan flow duct portion and a core flow duct portion, both upstream of the first axial position. An ejector duct is positioned in fluid communication with the nozzle duct, and has at least one portion with a cross-sectional shape geometrically similar to the second cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Vinod G. Mengle, Cory Hodgkins, Vikram Aditya Kumar
  • Publication number: 20220325678
    Abstract: Lobed mixer nozzles for supersonic and subsonic aircraft, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A representative lobe mixer nozzle includes a fan flow duct aligned along a longitudinal axis, and a core flow duct, also aligned along the longitudinal axis. At least one duct wall, for example, a splitter, forms, at least in part, a radially inner boundary of the fan flow duct, and a radially outer boundary of the core flow duct. The duct wall terminates at a reference exit plane, and has multiple first lobes extending radially inwardly, and multiple second lobes extending radially outwardly. At least one lobe is canted forward relative to the reference exit plane, and at least one lobe is canted aft relative to the reference exit plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Vinod G. Mengle, Cory Hodgkins, Vikram Aditya Kumar
  • Patent number: 8511090
    Abstract: Nozzle exit configurations and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment includes a jet engine exhaust nozzle having an internal flow surface and an exit aperture, with the exit aperture having a perimeter that includes multiple projections extending in an aft direction. Aft portions of individual neighboring projections are spaced apart from each other by a gap, and a geometric feature of the multiple can change in a monotonic manner along at least a portion of the perimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Vinod G. Mengle
  • Patent number: 8157207
    Abstract: Nozzle exit configurations and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment includes a jet engine exhaust nozzle having an internal flow surface and an exit aperture, with the exit aperture having a perimeter that includes multiple projections extending in an aft direction. Aft portions of individual neighboring projections are spaced apart from each other by a gap, and a geometric feature of the multiple can change in a monotonic manner along at least a portion of the perimeter. Projections near a support pylon and/or associated heat shield can have particular configurations, including greater flow immersion than other projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: The Boeing Company, The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Vinod G. Mengle, Russell H. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20110155862
    Abstract: Nozzle exit configurations and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment includes a jet engine exhaust nozzle having an internal flow surface and an exit aperture, with the exit aperture having a perimeter that includes multiple projections extending in an aft direction. Aft portions of individual neighboring projections are spaced apart from each other by a gap, and a geometric feature of the multiple can change in a monotonic manner along at least a portion of the perimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Vinod G. Mengle
  • Patent number: 7966824
    Abstract: Nozzle exit configurations and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment includes a jet engine exhaust nozzle having an internal flow surface and an exit aperture, with the exit aperture having a perimeter that includes multiple projections extending in an aft direction. Aft portions of individual neighboring projections are spaced apart from each other by a gap, and a geometric feature of the multiple can change in a monotonic manner along at least a portion of the perimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Vinod G. Mengle
  • Publication number: 20100257865
    Abstract: Nozzle exit configurations and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment includes a jet engine exhaust nozzle having an internal flow surface and an exit aperture, with the exit aperture having a perimeter that includes multiple projections extending in an aft direction. Aft portions of individual neighboring projections are spaced apart from each other by a gap, and a geometric feature of the multiple can change in a monotonic manner along at least a portion of the perimeter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Vinod G. Mengle
  • Publication number: 20080272228
    Abstract: Nozzle exit configurations and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment includes a jet engine exhaust nozzle having an internal flow surface and an exit aperture, with the exit aperture having a perimeter that includes multiple projections extending in an aft direction. Aft portions of individual neighboring projections are spaced apart from each other by a gap, and a geometric feature of the multiple can change in a monotonic manner along at least a portion of the perimeter. Projections near a support pylon and/or associated heat shield can have particular configurations, including greater flow immersion than other projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Vinod G. Mengle, Russell H. Thomas