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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954328 | Flame holder for minimizing combustor screech A flame holder for an augmentor includes geometry to produce large radial variations in heat release to prevent coupling with modes within the exhaust duct that produce combustor screech. A surface of the flame holder varies axially in a radial direction to produce ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7908868 | Device for mounting an air-flow dividing wall in a turbojet engine afterburner A device for mounting a dividing wall for separating the main air stream and the bypass air in a bypass turbojet engine afterburner is disclosed. The device includes an attachment unit which attaches the upstream end of the wall to a guide vane casing and a supporti... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7886542 | Device for attaching a flame-arrestor arm to an afterburner casing and afterburner comprising such a device A device attaching an afterburner to a turbojet casing. The device comprises a transverse plate for attachment to the casing and at least two side brackets for supporting two legs of the afterburner. The brackets and the two legs extend longitudinally. The afterburn... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7856827 | Structural track support of spraybars/tubing A turbine engine trailing edge box for an afterburner has corrugations formed to guide and support a spraybar. The trailing edge box is formed of sheet metal to create corrugations in the walls. The spraybar is supported and guided by the corrugations. The corrugati... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7647775 | Augmentor spray bars A gas turbine engine fueling system includes a number of spray bars having conduits extending through associated vanes. A number of fuel injector nozzles are along each conduit. Each of the nozzles are positioned to discharge an associated fuel stream from one of th... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7578131 | Augmentor spray bar mounting A gas turbine engine augmentor has a centerbody within a gas flowpath from upstream to downstream. The augmentor has upstream and downstream shell sections, a downstream rim of the upstream shell section meeting an upstream rim of the downstream shell section shell ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7574866 | Turbo-jet engine with a protective screen of the fuel manifold of a burner ring, the burner ring and the protective screen A double flow turbo-jet engine includes a re-heating channel of the primary flow and an ejection nozzle, the secondary flow emerging at least partially in the primary flow upstream of the re-heating channel, the re-heating channel including a burner ring, including ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7568346 | Method and apparatus for assembling a flameholder for an augmenter A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine with a flameholder. The method comprises coupling at least one turning vane between a radially outer casing and a radially inner casing to form a flameholder, forming at least two slots that extend substantially r... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7506514 | Augmentor fuel conduit bushing A gas turbine engine augmentor has a centerbody within a gas flowpath from upstream to downstream. A plurality of vanes are positioned in the gas flowpath outboard of the centerbody. An augmenter fuel conduit extends through a first of the vanes to deliver fuel to t... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7506513 | Device for feeding air and fuel to a burner ring in an after-burner chamber A device for feeding air and fuel to a burner ring in an after-burner chamber, including a plurality of flame-holder arms extending radially about the axis of the chamber from an outer casing, and a burner ring made up of ring sectors mounted substantially end to en... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7481059 | Method and apparatus for providing an afterburner fuel-feed arrangement An afterburner fuel-feed arrangement including an elongate fuel spraybar for distributing fuel to the afterburner section of a turbo-combustion engine. The spraybar includes a fuel-receiving spray head in fluid communication with a plurality of elongate fuel pipes, ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7475546 | Augmentor pilot nozzle A gas turbine engine augmentor nozzle has an inlet for connection to an augmentor fuel conduit and an outlet for expelling a spray of fuel. A passageway between the inlet and outlet is at least partially bounded by outlet end surface portions diverging from each oth... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7475545 | Fladed supersonic missile turbojet A turbojet engine includes a core engine, afterburner, and converging-diverging exhaust nozzle disposed in serial flow communication. A bypass duct surrounds the core engine and afterburner and terminates in flow communication with the exhaust nozzle. The compressor... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7437876 | Augmenter swirler pilot A turbofan gas turbine engine augmenter includes a fuel/air swirler disposed between an axially extending bypass flowpath and an axially extending exhaust flowpath. A swirler inlet is axially open to and positioned substantially normal to the bypass flowpath and a s... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7424805 | Supersonic missile turbojet engine A turbojet engine includes a core engine, an afterburner, and a converging-diverging exhaust nozzle in serial flow communication. A controller is operatively joined to the core engine and afterburner and configured for scheduling fuel thereto for operating the after... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7370477 | Device for fastening a fluid duct to a turbojet casing A device for fastening a fluid duct such as a fuel duct in an orifice of a turbojet casing, the device comprising a ring screwed into the orifice of the casing and having an annular rim coming to bear against a washer at the end of the duct, and a nut screwed onto t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367191 | Device for fixing a burner ring in an afterburner combustion chamber of a turbojet engine Device for fixing a burner ring onto flameholder arms (14) in an afterburner combustion chamber of a turbojet engine, the burner ring being formed of ring sectors (12) placed more or less end to end and the ends of which are housed and guided between t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7342332 | Air bearing and motor cooling A motor includes a housing including separate motor and bearing cooling inlets. A motor is arranged within the housing and includes a stator and rotor assembly that is supported on air bearings. The motor cooling inlet is in fluid communication with the stator, and ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334409 | Retractable afterburner for jet engine The present invention is a retractable afterburner shroud for use upon a jet engine. The retractable shroud conforms to an outer surface of a jet engine. The afterburner shroud is affixed by a plurality of moveable support arms. The afterburner shroud is retractable... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334389 | Afterburner igniter A gas turbine engine afterburner igniter is provided with primary fuel duct means for injecting a jet of fuel into a gas stream directed into a combustion chamber. A spring is positioned within the bore of said fuel duct. The spring being moveable relative to said d... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7305816 | Rocket augmentation for combined cycle turboaccelerator jet engine An engine for creating a propulsive force includes turbomachinery for generating a flow of hot exhaust gases and an initial thrust force, an augmentor positioned aft of the turbomachinery, and a system for injecting an oxidizer, which preferably undergoes thermal de... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299635 | Device for mixing two flows of fluid which are initially guided separate from one another in a bypass jet engine The invention relates to a device for mixing two fluid flows, initially guided separately from one another, in a two-circuit reaction engine, a mixing tube which encloses a hot core stream being provided, along the outer shaped lateral surface of which a cold bypass... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7225623 | Trapped vortex cavity afterburner A trapped vortex cavity afterburner includes one or more trapped vortex cavity stages for injecting a fuel/air mixture into a combustion zone. The trapped vortex cavity afterburner is operable to provide all thrust augmenting fuel used for engine thrust augmentation... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220071 | Apparatus and method for handling linerless label tape An apparatus for printing on a continuous web of linerless tape defined by a print side for subsequent application to an article. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a support for a continuous web of linerless tape; an undriven platen roller located downstream... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217257 | Aspiration flow resistor An aspiration flow resistor 10 includes an inlet 12 and an outlet 14. A housing 16 is connected to the inlet 12 and outlet 14. A series of spaced walls 18 are disposed between the inlet 12 and the outlet 14 | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198234 | Method and apparatus for modulating flow separation An apparatus comprising: an aerodynamic surface adapted for producing an adverse pressure gradient in a fluid flow; and a first pulse detonation actuator disposed adjacent the aerodynamic surface and adapted for impulsively detonating a fuel/air mixture to produce a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188467 | Methods and apparatus for assembling a gas turbine engine A method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes providing a core engine, and providing a flade system including a flade stream augmentor positioned within a flade duct. The method also includes channeling airflow through the core engine to produce engine thrus... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7178338 | Variable area nozzle An exhaust nozzle assembly for a gas turbine engine, the assembly comprises a main axis, an inner nozzle, an outer nozzle, a translatable centre-body and an actuator for translating the centre-body between a forward position and a rearward position. The centre-body ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168236 | Compact lightweight ramjet engines incorporating swirl augmented combustion with improved performance A ramjet powered device that utilizes a novel swirl generator for rapidly and efficiently atomizing, vaporizing, as necessary, and mixing a fuel into an oxidant. The swirl generator converts an oxidant flow into a turbulent, three-dimensional flowfield into which th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159819 | Mounting structure for mounting a turboprop under an aircraft wing A mounting structure for mounting a turboprop under an aircraft wing includes a rigid structure provided with an aft underwing box, and at least one forward rigid section. Each forward rigid section has two transverse frames at a spacing from each other. At least on... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7140174 | Methods and apparatus for assembling a gas turbine engine A method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes providing a core engine, an inner fan assembly, and a fladed fan assembly, coupling a plurality of airflow ducts to the engine including an inner fan duct for channeling airflow through the inner fan assembly, a ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137255 | Compact swirl augmented afterburners for gas turbine engines An afterburner apparatus that utilizes a novel swirl generator for rapidly and efficiently atomizing, vaporizing, as necessary, and mixing a fuel and an oxidant. The swirl generator converts an oxidant flow into a turbulent, three-dimensional flowfield into which th... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7093442 | Augmentor A turbine engine augmentor has a centerbody within a gas flowpath. A flameholder is positioned in the flowpath outboard of the centerbody. A burner within the centerbody has an outlet for expelling combustion products of a first pilot fuel. A pilot fuel conduit has ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7080504 | Laser augmented turbojet propulsion system The invention is a turbojet propulsion system which includes a compressor section, a turbine section coupled by a shaft to the compressor section, a combustion section mounted between the compressor section and the turbine section, and an exhaust duct coupled to the... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7048276 | Flying device for IR flying target representation A flying device for IR flying target representation with at least one infrared radiator (2). An infrared radiator (2) is arranged inside the exhaust gas flow of a convected heat-generating unit so that the exhaust gas stream completely encloses the sur... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7013635 | Augmentor with axially displaced vane system An augmentor system minimizes acoustic pressure fluctuations on the heat release process within the augmentor by staggering the vanes therein. The alternating axial vane stagger pattern arranges the downstream set of vanes as baffles which prevent the propagation of... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6983601 | Method and apparatus for gas turbine engines A method for fabricating an augmentor includes fabricating an outer casing having at least one channel defined therein, fabricating a centerbody having at least one channel defined therein, fabricating a plurality of turbine frame vanes, wherein each turbine frame v... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6971239 | Augmentor pilot nozzle A gas turbine engine augmentor nozzle has an inlet for connection to an augmentor fuel conduit and an outlet for expelling a spray of fuel. A passageway between the inlet and outlet is at least partially bounded by outlet end surface portions diverging from each oth... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968694 | Augmentor A turbine engine has a centerbody within a gas flowpath and a downstream tailcone and a pilot at an upstream end of the tailcone. A flameholder is positioned in the flowpath outboard of the centerbody. The pilot has a first surface diverging in a downstream directio... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6910820 | Apparatus and method for handling linerless label tape An apparatus for printing on a continuous web of linerless tape defined by a print side for subsequent application to an article. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a support for a continuous web of linerless tape; an undriven platen roller located downstream... | 06/28/2005 |
