Patents by Inventor Franky Marc DE ROECK

Franky Marc DE ROECK 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).

  • Tube heat exchanger and method of manufacturing such a heat exchanger
    Patent number: 10663236
    Abstract: Shell and tube heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a first and second fluid, that comprises a housing in which tubes extend, whereby baffles are affixed in the housing that are provided with passages, whereby the tubes extend through the said passages, whereby the baffles are connected to one another at a distance from one another by means of one or more fastening elements that are affixed in first recesses in the baffles, whereby one or more connections between a baffle and a fastening element are formed by means of one or more lips that are made at an edge of a first recess, whereby the one or more lips form part of the baffle and are bent over, out of the plane defined by the baffle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventor: Franky Marc De Roeck
  • TUBE HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A HEAT EXCHANGER
    Publication number: 20190107339
    Abstract: Shell and tube heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a first and second fluid, that comprises a housing in which tubes extend, whereby baffles are affixed in the housing that are provided with passages, whereby the tubes extend through the said passages, whereby the baffles are connected to one another at a distance from one another by means of one or more fastening elements that are affixed in first recesses in the baffles, whereby one or more connections between a baffle and a fastening element are formed by means of one or more lips that are made at an edge of a first recess, whereby the one or more lips form part of the baffle and are bent over, out of the plane defined by the baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventor: Franky Marc DE ROECK