ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,086, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Solar Turbines Inc. (San Diego).
"Torch active control system" was invented by David W. Howarth (La Mesa, Calif.), Felipe Ochoa (Murrieta, Calif.), Terry R. Tarver (Saratoga Springs, Utah), Hernan Fernandez (Cordoba, Argentina) and Trey Taylor (Waxahachie, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Even if the fuel pressure to a torch for igniting an air-fuel mixture in a gas turbine engine is set to an ideal value, the actual fuel pressure supplied to the torch may differ due to modifications, drift, changes in ambient temperature or pressure, fuel composition, and/or the like. This may result in fa...