Patents by Inventor Billy Wayne Childers, JR.

Billy Wayne Childers, JR. 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).

  • Publication number: 20240115284
    Abstract: A cooling tower for evaporative cooling of water is contained within an ISO-compliant shipping container frame, permitting stacking of cooling towers for transport and for certain industrial applications. A volume of fill media is contained within the frame. Spaced apart troughs underlie the fill media, running substantially the length of the fill media and connecting to a basin. Baffles are connected to one upper edge of the troughs, while an air flow space is positioned over the other upper trough edge. A water distribution system, with variable flow nozzles positioned closely above the fill media, sprays water over the upper surface of the fill media, where it moves by gravity down into the troughs. Fans atop the fill media move air vertically upward through the fill media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Billy Wayne Childers, JR., Atul Amar Kumar Swamy
  • Patent number: 11844541
    Abstract: A cooling tower for evaporative cooling of water is contained within an ISO-compliant shipping container frame, permitting stacking of cooling towers for transport and for certain industrial applications. A volume of fill media is contained within the frame. Spaced apart troughs underlie the fill media, running substantially the length of the fill media and connecting to a basin. Baffles are connected to one upper edge of the troughs, while an air flow space is positioned over the other upper trough edge. A water distribution system, with variable flow nozzles positioned closely above the fill media, sprays water over the upper surface of the fill media, where it moves by gravity down into the troughs. Fans atop the fill media move air vertically upward through the fill media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: AGGREKO, LLC
    Inventors: Billy Wayne Childers, Jr., Atul Amar Kumar Swamy
  • Publication number: 20190380821
    Abstract: Systems and method for delivery and positioning of a sheet-like surgical implant to a target site including a means of deploying and orienting the sheet-like implant within body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventors: Billy Wayne CHILDERS, JR., Atul Amar Kumar SWAMY
  • Patent number: 8585024
    Abstract: A water cooling tower having an improved water collection system. The cooling tower has an outer shell, legs, and one or more layers of fill material, through which the water to be cooled moves vertically downward. The water is distributed across the upper surface of the fill material by piping and nozzles. A fan underlying the fill material moves air vertically upward through the fill material. The water collection system, which is positioned below the fill material, has upper and lower troughs which receive water flowing vertically downward through the fill material. Preferably, the lower troughs are positioned beneath the spaces between upper troughs, to catch water falling between the upper troughs. A number of hinged baffles close off the spaces between lower troughs, but rotate upward in response to upward air flow and open the spaces between the lower troughs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Aggreko, LLC
    Inventors: David Alan Ferree, Billy Wayne Childers, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20110049733
    Abstract: A water cooling tower having an improved water collection system. The cooling tower has an outer shell, legs, and one or more layers of fill material, through which the water to be cooled moves vertically downward. The water is distributed across the upper surface of the fill material by piping and nozzles. A fan underlying the fill material moves air vertically upward through the fill material. The water collection system, which is positioned below the fill material, has upper and lower troughs which receive water flowing vertically downward through the fill material. Preferably, the lower troughs are positioned beneath the spaces between upper troughs, to catch water falling between the upper troughs. A number of hinged baffles close off the spaces between lower troughs, but rotate upward in response to upward air flow and open the spaces between the lower troughs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: AGGREKO LLC
    Inventors: David Alan Ferree, Billy Wayne Childers, JR.