Patents by Inventor Joseph D. Hensel

Joseph D. Hensel 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: 11118114
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for pyrolysis of mixed plastic feedstock producing petroleum products are described. In one example, a process for producing petroleum products includes charging feedstock of mixed polymer materials into a reactor apparatus. Heat energy is applied to the feedstock while advancing the feedstock through the reactor apparatus in an anaerobic operation. The energy input to the reactor apparatus is controlled by controlling a temperature gradient within the reactor vessel to produce petroleum gas product. The process involves in situ chemical reactions comprising cracking and recombination reactions that that are controlled to convert solid hydrocarbonaceous portion of the feedstock to molten fluids and gases inside the reactor vessel and to produce gaseous petroleum products which exit the reactor vessel. The separated solid residue from the pyrolysis process is also removed from the reactions vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: RES POLYFLOW LLC
    Inventors: Jay Schabel, Richard A. Schwarz, Charles W. Grispin, Mehmet A. Gencer, Joseph D. Hensel
  • Patent number: 10711202
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for pyrolysis of mixed plastic feedstock producing petroleum products are described. In one example, a process for producing petroleum products includes charging feedstock of mixed polymer materials into a reactor apparatus. Heat energy is applied to the feedstock while advancing the feedstock through the reactor apparatus in an anaerobic operation. The energy input to the reactor apparatus is controlled by controlling a temperature gradient within the reactor vessel to produce petroleum gas product. The process involves in situ chemical reactions comprising cracking and recombination reactions that that are controlled to convert solid hydrocarbonaceous portion of the feedstock to molten fluids and gases inside the reactor vessel and to produce gaseous petroleum products which exit the reactor vessel. The separated solid residue from the pyrolysis process is also removed from the reactions vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: RES POLYFLOW LLC
    Inventors: Jay Schabel, Richard A. Schwarz, Charles W. Grispin, Mehmet A. Gencer, Joseph D. Hensel
  • Publication number: 20200199457
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for pyrolysis of mixed plastic feedstock producing petroleum products are described. In one example, a process for producing petroleum products includes charging feedstock of mixed polymer materials into a reactor apparatus. Heat energy is applied to the feedstock while advancing the feedstock through the reactor apparatus in an anaerobic operation. The energy input to the reactor apparatus is controlled by controlling a temperature gradient within the reactor vessel to produce petroleum gas product. The process involves in situ chemical reactions comprising cracking and recombination reactions that that are controlled to convert solid hydrocarbonaceous portion of the feedstock to molten fluids and gases inside the reactor vessel and to produce gaseous petroleum products which exit the reactor vessel. The separated solid residue from the pyrolysis process is also removed from the reactions vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Jay SCHABEL, Richard A. SCHWARZ, Charles W. GRISPIN, Mehmet A. GENCER, Joseph D. HENSEL
  • Publication number: 20170283706
    Abstract: A process and an apparatus for pyrolysis of mixed plastic feedstock producing petroleum products are described. In one example, a process for producing petroleum products includes charging feedstock of mixed polymer materials into a reactor apparatus. Heat energy is applied to the feedstock while advancing the feedstock through the reactor apparatus in an anaerobic operation. The energy input to the reactor apparatus is controlled by controlling a temperature gradient within the reactor vessel to produce petroleum gas product. The process involves in situ chemical reactions comprising cracking and recombination reactions that that are controlled to convert solid hydrocarbonaceous portion of the feedstock to molten fluids and gases inside the reactor vessel and to produce gaseous petroleum products which exit the reactor vessel. The separated solid residue from the pyrolysis process is also removed from the reactions vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Jay Schabel, Richard Schwarz, Charles W. Grispin, Mehmet A. Gencer, Joseph D. Hensel
  • Patent number: 4613540
    Abstract: A window construction and method are presented for electromagnetic signal transmission having broad bandwidth capability plus excellent resistance to ablation, rain erosion and thermal shock. The window is constructed of an odd number of three or more (i.e., 3, 5, 7, etc.) layers of reinforced PTFE material, with the dielectric constant of each layer (other than the core layer which is selected) being equal to the square root of the product of the dielectric constants of the two bordering layers. In a three layer version, the outer layers each have a dielectric constant which is the square root of the dielectric constant of the center layer; or, stated conversely, the center layer has a dielectric constant which is the square of the dielectric constant of each of the outer layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1986
    Assignee: Rogers Corporation
    Inventors: G. Robert Traut, Frank S. Keahey, Jr., Dennis J. Kozakoff, Paul M. Bethea, Joseph D. Hensel