ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,696, issued on March 31, was assigned to ILGIZ AMIROVICH YAMILEV (Moscow).

"Pulse combustion apparatus with vibration damping" was invented by Ilgiz Amirovich Yamilev (Moscow) and Andrey Alekseevich Vakutin (Moscow).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the field of power engineering and can be used in heating systems, more particularly in water heaters or boilers, in disposal systems fueled by the combustion of associated gas, and in electrical energy generating systems. A pulse combustion apparatus comprises a combustion chamber 14, at least one resonant channel 28 connected to the combustion chamber 14, a device ...