Patents by Inventor George Sutherland
George Sutherland 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).
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Patent number: 11933545Abstract: A thermal energy storage system utilizes a high temperature storage segment having flow passages extending through the storage segment whereby a working fluid can extract energy from the storage system for powering conventional downstream equipment. A mixing manifold cooperates with an outlet manifold for reducing the temperature of the working fluid to a temperature safe for the downstream equipment. The mixing manifold, an outlet manifold, an inlet manifold and a support base for the high temperature storage segment, are all of a high temperature tolerant material allowing the high temperature storage segment to operate at temperatures in excess of 1000° C. and preferably to temperatures above 1400° C. The temperature of the working fluid provided to the conventional equipment can be managed to be below a maximum temperature which in many cases may be about 700° C.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Kelvin Thermal Energy Inc.Inventors: Amirhossein Ahadi, George Lynch, Adam Crocker, Stephen Sutherland
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Patent number: 8747267Abstract: A continuously variable transmission system and a method of making a continuously variable transmission system is described. The present invention includes a gear set having at least a sun gear, one or more planetary gears, and a planetary gear carrier arm on which the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational movement. The sun gear and the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational engagement and movement with respect to each other, and one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm couples to an input shaft and another portion of the gear set couples to an output shaft to receive feedback. A rotary coupling unit having an input rotationally coupled to at least one of the one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm and an output that rotationally couples to the output shaft is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2009Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Rochester Institute of TechnologyInventor: George Sutherland
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Patent number: 8747268Abstract: A continuously variable transmission system and a method of making a continuously variable transmission system is described. The present invention includes a gear set having at least a sun gear, one or more planetary gears, and a planetary gear carrier arm on which the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational movement. The sun gear and the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational engagement and movement with respect to each other, and one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm couples to an input shaft and another portion of the gear set couples to an output shaft to receive feedback. A rotary coupling unit having an input rotationally coupled to at least one of the one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm and an output that rotationally couples to the output shaft is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Rochester Institute of TechnologyInventor: George Sutherland
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Patent number: 8460143Abstract: A continuously variable transmission system and a method of making a continuously variable transmission system is described. The present invention includes a gear set having at least a sun gear, one or more planetary gears, and a planetary gear carrier arm on which the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational movement. The sun gear and the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational engagement and movement with respect to each other, and one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm couples to an input shaft and another portion of the gear set couples to an output shaft to receive feedback. A rotary coupling unit having an input rotationally coupled to at least one of the one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm and an output that rotationally couples to the output shaft is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2012Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Rochester Institute of TechnologyInventor: George Sutherland
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Publication number: 20130017917Abstract: A continuously variable transmission system and a method of making a continuously variable transmission system is described. The present invention includes a gear set having at least a sun gear, one or more planetary gears, and a planetary gear carrier arm on which the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational movement. The sun gear and the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational engagement and movement with respect to each other, and one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm couples to an input shaft and another portion of the gear set couples to an output shaft to receive feedback. A rotary coupling unit having an input rotationally coupled to at least one of the one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm and an output that rotationally couples to the output shaft is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventor: George Sutherland
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Publication number: 20130017918Abstract: A continuously variable transmission system and a method of making a continuously variable transmission system is described. The present invention includes a gear set having at least a sun gear, one or more planetary gears, and a planetary gear carrier arm on which the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational movement. The sun gear and the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational engagement and movement with respect to each other, and one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm couples to an input shaft and another portion of the gear set couples to an output shaft to receive feedback. A rotary coupling unit having an input rotationally coupled to at least one of the one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm and an output that rotationally couples to the output shaft is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventor: George Sutherland
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Patent number: 7750066Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of producing a composition containing a polymer having undergone phase inversion, the method comprising the step of: effecting phase inversion of a phase invertible water insoluble polymer in an aqueous composition and the composition comprises a mixture of at least two different substances, one of which is a water insoluble dispersible polymer having undergone phase inversion while the other is optionally a contaminant.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2006Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Inventor: George Sutherland
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Publication number: 20100009797Abstract: A continuously variable transmission system and a method of making a continuously variable transmission system is described. The present invention includes a gear set having at least a sun gear, one or more planetary gears, and a planetary gear carrier arm on which the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational movement. The sun gear and the one or more planetary gears are mounted for rotational engagement and movement with respect to each other, and one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm couples to an input shaft and another portion of the gear set couples to an output shaft to receive feedback. A rotary coupling unit having an input rotationally coupled to at least one of the one of the sun gears and the planetary gear carrier arm and an output that rotationally couples to the output shaft is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventor: George Sutherland
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Publication number: 20070244225Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of producing a composition containing a polymer having undergone phase inversion, the method comprising the step of: effecting phase inversion of a phase invertible water insoluble polymer in an aqueous composition and the composition comprises a mixture of at least two different substances, one of which is a water insoluble dispersible polymer having undergone phase inversion while the other is optionally a contaminant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2006Publication date: October 18, 2007Inventor: George Sutherland
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Publication number: 20060148933Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of producing a composition containing a polymer having undergone phase inversion, the method comprising the step of: effecting phase inversion of a phase invertible water insoluble polymer in an aqueous composition and the composition comprises a mixture of at least two different substances, one of which is a water insoluble dispersible polymer having undergone phase inversion while the other is optionally a contaminant.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2006Publication date: July 6, 2006Inventor: George Sutherland
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Patent number: 6146535Abstract: There is disclosed a system for separating oil and other immiscible organic materials from a liquid body or from a mixture with an aqueous medium. The system includes the use of a plurality of microporous hollow fibers which may be arranged in any number of arrangements such as bundles, intersecting arrangements, divergent patters or in a mat-like arrangement or a combination of the foregoing. The hollow fibers are in communication with a pressure source in order to draw or force the contaminant into contact by the shell side of the fibers and through the micropores thereof. Discrete phase separation from a mixture in substantially pure form, i.e. no free phase contamination is achievable. This system provides a substantial advantage over existing arrangements in that extraction efficiency is greatly enhanced in any number of environments.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1998Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Inventor: George Sutherland