Patents by Inventor Dean Sarandria

Dean Sarandria 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: 11937519
    Abstract: Permanent magnets using high temperature superconductor tapes are disclosed. For example, a magnet may include a superconductor tape having two ends, a slit in the superconductor tape between the two ends that forms two legs, a separation between the legs that forms a loop, and a trapped magnetic field in the superconductor tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TECO-WESTINGHOUSE MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Leslie Bromberg, Dean Sarandria, Edward Kuan-Chen Chen, Gabriel Rupertus
  • Patent number: 11732934
    Abstract: A recovery system is provided to recover energy from heat. In an embodiment, the system includes an evaporator to receive a flow of natural gas at a first temperature and output the flow at a second, lower temperature. The evaporator may receive a flow of cooling media to cool the natural gas and output a flow of heated cooling media. The system may further include: a heat-to-mechanical energy converter coupled to the evaporator to receive the flow of heated cooling media and to output first cooled cooling media; an induction generator coupled to be driven by the heat-to-mechanical energy converter; a medium voltage drive coupled to receive power from the induction generator and to condition the power for output to an electrical distribution system; and a condenser to condense the first cooled cooling media to provide the flow of cooling media to the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: AG Equipment Company, TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company
    Inventors: Tony King, Dean Sarandria
  • Publication number: 20210262707
    Abstract: A recovery system is provided to recover energy from heat. In an embodiment, the system includes an evaporator to receive a flow of natural gas at a first temperature and output the flow at a second, lower temperature. The evaporator may receive a flow of cooling media to cool the natural gas and output a flow of heated cooling media. The system may further include: a heat-to-mechanical energy converter coupled to the evaporator to receive the flow of heated cooling media and to output first cooled cooling media; an induction generator coupled to be driven by the heat-to-mechanical energy converter; a medium voltage drive coupled to receive power from the induction generator and to condition the power for output to an electrical distribution system; and a condenser to condense the first cooled cooling media to provide the flow of cooling media to the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Tony King, Dean Sarandria
  • Patent number: 11015846
    Abstract: A recovery system is provided to recover energy from heat. In an embodiment, the system includes an evaporator to receive a flow of natural gas at a first temperature and output the flow at a second, lower temperature. The evaporator may receive a flow of cooling media to cool the natural gas and output a flow of heated cooling media. The system may further include: a heat-to-mechanical energy converter coupled to the evaporator to receive the flow of heated cooling media and to output first cooled cooling media; an induction generator coupled to be driven by the heat-to-mechanical energy converter; a medium voltage drive coupled to receive power from the induction generator and to condition the power for output to an electrical distribution system; and a condenser to condense the first cooled cooling media to provide the flow of cooling media to the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: AG Equipment Company, TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company
    Inventors: Tony King, Dean Sarandria
  • Publication number: 20200200446
    Abstract: A recovery system is provided to recover energy from heat. In an embodiment, the system includes an evaporator to receive a flow of natural gas at a first temperature and output the flow at a second, lower temperature. The evaporator may receive a flow of cooling media to cool the natural gas and output a flow of heated cooling media. The system may further include: a heat-to-mechanical energy converter coupled to the evaporator to receive the flow of heated cooling media and to output first cooled cooling media; an induction generator coupled to be driven by the heat-to-mechanical energy converter; a medium voltage drive coupled to receive power from the induction generator and to condition the power for output to an electrical distribution system; and a condenser to condense the first cooled cooling media to provide the flow of cooling media to the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Tony King, Dean Sarandria
  • Publication number: 20140302994
    Abstract: A cryostat cartridge is disclosed. The cryostat cartridge may include a cryostat having a cryogen inlet, a cryogen outlet, and a superconductor material inside the cryostat configured to be cooled by a cryogen entering the cryostat through the cryogen inlet and exiting the cryostat through the cryogen outlet. The cryogen inlet is configured to be detachable from a cryogen source. The cryostat cartridge may be inserted into an activation module for activating the superconductor material and may also be inserted into a superconductor device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Dean Sarandria, Kuan-Chen Chen, Glenn Knierim