Patents by Inventor Frank E. DiPaolo

Frank E. DiPaolo 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: 20130000335
    Abstract: A cooling system for transferring heat from a heat load to an environment has a volatile working fluid. The cooling system includes first and second cooling cycles that are thermally connected to the first cooling cycle. The first cooling cycle is not a vapor compression cycle and includes a pump, an air-to-fluid heat exchanger, and a fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger. The second cooling cycle can include a chilled water system for transferring heat from the fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger to the environment. Alternatively, the second cooling cycle can include a vapor compression system for transferring heat from the fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger to the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: LIEBERT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven A. BORROR, Frank E. DIPAOLO, Thomas E. HARVEY, Steven M. MADARA, Reasey J. MAM, Stephen C. SILLATO
  • Publication number: 20120324930
    Abstract: A cooling system for transferring heat from a heat load to an environment has a volatile working fluid. The cooling system includes first and second cooling cycles that are thermally connected to the first cooling cycle. The first cooling cycle is not a vapor compression cycle and includes a pump, an air-to-fluid heat exchanger, and a fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger. The second cooling cycle can include a chilled water system for transferring heat from the fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger to the environment. Alternatively, the second cooling cycle can include a vapor compression system for transferring heat from the fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger to the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: LIEBERT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven A. BORROR, Frank E. DIPAOLO, Thomas E. HARVEY, Steven M. MADARA, Reasey J. MAM, Stephen C. SILLATO
  • Patent number: 6761212
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermosyphon heat exchanger. The thermosyphon system eliminates the need for costly and inefficient moving parts in the cooling system. The system also minimizes failures rendering the system inoperable by eliminating mechanical components subject to breakdowns that would render the system inoperable. The design of the heat exchanger coils provides for increased efficiency, reduced cost, and simplified construction and maintenance. The system further reduces the energy consumption required for cooling operation while still providing excellent cooling performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: Liebert Corporation
    Inventor: Frank E. DiPaolo
  • Publication number: 20020014324
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a thermosyphon heat exchanger. The thermosyphon system eliminates the need for costly and inefficient moving parts in the cooling system. The system also minimizes failures rendering the system inoperable by eliminating mechanical components subject to breakdowns that would render the system inoperable. The design of the heat exchanger coils provides for increased efficiency, reduced cost, and simplified construction and maintenance. The system further reduces the energy consumption required for cooling operation while still providing excellent cooling performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventor: Frank E. DiPaolo
  • Patent number: 5709100
    Abstract: A redundant, dual circuit air conditioning apparatus is provided for communications enclosures which is wall mounted thereon. A conditioned air housing is provided having a blower chamber which contains two air circulation blowers thrusting air into the enclosure and having freely pivotal ducts which operate in mutual cooperation in response to pressure variations between the chamber and the enclosure. Internested evaporator coils of two discrete refrigeration circuits share common fin connections for efficiency and each includes a dual line input performing in conjunction with an expansion valve and a simple Y distribution fitting coupled to those lines which achieves requisite pressure drops at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Liebert Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel B. Baer, Frank E. DiPaolo, Stephen C. Sillato, David A. Dukes