Patents by Inventor Andrew Tibor Lak

Andrew Tibor Lak 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).

  • Patent number: 6470926
    Abstract: A liquid-vapor separation system for use in a zero gravity environment for transferring and storing fluids, and particularly fluids that are primarily liquid, such as propellants, reactants and coolants, among others, has a low supply tank pressure and low pressurant gas requirement, which results in maximized capacity, reduced system weight and reduced cost. The temperature of a container provided as part of the present invention is decreased below the freezing point of residual liquid within the container. Non-compressible gas is thereafter vented and the liquid raised to liquid temperature. Gaseous contaminants are thereby vented and subsequent filling of the container is thereby maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Tibor Istvan Lak, Andrew Tibor Lak