US 12,188,434 B2
Zero emission supersonic fan engine
Pramod Vaditya, Hyderabad (IN); Anil Kumar Kommagalla Veldi, Karimnagar (IN); Abhijeet Inamdar, Houston, TX (US); and Lars-Erik Robertsen, Tennfjord (NO)
Assigned to SiriNor AS, Stavanger (NO)
Appl. No. 18/689,354
Filed by Pramod Vaditya, Hyderabad (IN); Anil Kumar Kommagalla Veldi, Karimnagar (IN); Abhijeet Inamdar, Houston, TX (US); Lars-Erik Robertsen, Tennfjord (NO); and SiriNoR AS, Tennfjord (NO)
PCT Filed Aug. 31, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/042209
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 5, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/059410, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 13, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202141040401 (IN), filed on Sep. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0271589 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. F02C 7/04 (2006.01); F02K 7/00 (2006.01); F02K 9/97 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01)
CPC F02K 7/00 (2013.01) [F02K 9/97 (2013.01); B64D 2033/026 (2013.01); F02C 7/04 (2013.01); F05D 2220/70 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A supersonic jet engine comprising:
a housing having an inlet and an exhaust nozzle;
a spike extending outwardly from the inlet;
a plurality of fans arranged in an axial direction within the housing, wherein each of the plurality of fans includes a plurality of fan blades;
a plurality of turbines, each of the plurality of turbines having a plurality of turbine blades and being arranged and coupled to a respective one of the plurality of fans in a radial direction;
a plurality of radial compressors located radially from each of the plurality of turbines and operable to drivingly rotate the respective one of the plurality of turbines, which in turn rotates the respective fan;
a plurality of electric motors, each of the plurality of electric motors coupled to a respective one of the plurality of radial compressors and drivingly rotating the respective radial compressor.