Patents by Inventor Kingston Owens
Kingston Owens 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: 7785448Abstract: A method of operating an evaporator is described. In evaporator feed water, a Taylor bubble is developed which has an outer surface including a thin film in contact with an inner surface of an outer wall of an evaporator tube. The Taylor bubble is heated as it rises within the evaporator tube so that liquid in the thin film transitions into vapor within the bubble.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventor: Kingston Owens
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Patent number: 7707830Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments of the invention are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2007Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: David F. Bednarek, Jason A. Demers, Timothy P. Duggan, James L. Jackson, Scott A. Leonard, David W. McGill, Kingston Owens
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Patent number: 7597784Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments of the invention are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2003Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: David F. Bednarek, Jason A. Demers, Timothy P. Duggan, James L. Jackson, Scott A. Leonard, David W. McGill, Kingston Owens
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Publication number: 20090185918Abstract: A liquid ring pump includes an external housing enclosing a volume including a lower fluid reservoir. A rotatable inner housing is within the volume of the external housing, the inner housing enclosing an inner fluid chamber. A pitot tube provides fluid communication between the lower fluid reservoir and the inner fluid chamber. The housings and pitot tube are adapted so that when the inner housing rotates, fluid flows from the lower fluid reservoir through the pitot tube into the inner fluid chamber to develop a liquid ring within the inner fluid chamber such that an inner radial wall of the liquid ring is just radially outward from a point where the pitot tube enters the inner fluid chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2009Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Jason A. Demers, Scott A. Leonard, Kingston Owens
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Publication number: 20090133397Abstract: A free piston Stirling engine, comprising a power piston fitted into a cylinder further includes: a support structure carrying moving magnets for a linear alternator; and a passive structure that at normal operating power and frequency produces a restoring force on the piston in the absence of contact with the cylinder. In one variation, the passive structure further comprises a mass suspended within the piston from at least one spring, such that the mass oscillates under influence of movement of the piston at normal operating power and frequency so as to produce the restoring force. In another variation, the passive structure further comprises: a magnet disposed outside the cylinder at a position and in an orientation to produce a field that opposes a field of a moving magnet carried by the support structure when the piston moves toward the magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: TIAX LLCInventors: Kingston Owens, John T. Dieckmann
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Patent number: 7488158Abstract: A liquid ring pump includes an external housing enclosing a volume including a lower fluid reservoir. A rotatable inner housing is within the volume of the external housing, the inner housing enclosing an inner fluid chamber. A pitot tube provides fluid communication between the lower fluid reservoir and the inner fluid chamber. The housings and pitot tube are adapted so that when the inner housing rotates, fluid flows from the lower fluid reservoir through the pitot tube into the inner fluid chamber to develop a liquid ring within the inner fluid chamber such that an inner radial wall of the liquid ring is just radially outward from a point where the pitot tube enters the inner fluid chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2005Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Jason A. Demers, Scott A. Leonard, Kingston Owens
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Patent number: 7465375Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In an embodiment of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product, and an electric motor with motor rotor and magnets hermetically sealed within the fluid pressure boundary of the distillation system.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2003Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Jason A. Demers, Scott A. Leonard, Kingston Owens
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Publication number: 20080133181Abstract: A system for distributed utilities including electrical power and water. A generation device is provided for converting an available resource to a desired utility; the resource may be water, in which case the generator is a purifier for purifying untreated water, or, alternatively, the generator may convert a fuel to electrical power. In either case, an input sensor is provided for measuring input to the generation device, while an output sensor is provided for measuring consumption of output from the generation device. The monitoring system has a controller for concatenating measured input and consumption of output on the basis of the input and output sensors. Measured parameters are telemetered to a remote site where utility generation and use are monitored and may also be controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2007Publication date: June 5, 2008Applicant: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Dean Kamen, Jason A. Demers, Kingston Owens
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Publication number: 20080105403Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments of the invention are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Dean Kamen, Jason Demers, Kingston Owens
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Publication number: 20080105530Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments of the invention are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: David Bednarek, Jason Demers, Timothy Duggan, James Jackson, Scott Leonard, David McGill, Kingston Owens
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Publication number: 20080105532Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In an embodiment of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product, and an electric motor with motor rotor and magnets hermetically sealed within the fluid pressure boundary of the distillation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Jason Demers, Scott Leonard, Kingston Owens
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Publication number: 20080105610Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments of the invention are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: David Bednarek, Jason Demers, Timothy Duggan, James Jackson, Scott Leonard, David McGill, Kingston Owens
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Publication number: 20080105533Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments of the invention are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2007Publication date: May 8, 2008Applicant: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: David Bednarek, Jason Demers, Timothy Duggan, James Jackson, Scott Leonard, David McGill, Kingston Owens
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Patent number: 7340879Abstract: A system for distributed utilities including electrical power and water. A generation device is provided for converting an available resource to a desired utility; the resource may be water, in which case the generator is a purifier for purifying untreated water, or, alternatively, the generator may convert a fuel to electrical power. In either case, an input sensor is provided for measuring input to the generation device, while an output sensor is provided for measuring consumption of output from the generation device. The monitoring system has a controller for concatenating measured input and consumption of output on the basis of the input and output sensors. Measured parameters are telemetered to a remote site where utility generation and use are monitored and may also be controlled.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2003Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Dean Kamen, Jason A. Demers, Kingston Owens
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Publication number: 20080058697Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to heat-exchanger systems that can be used to heat or cool a fluid such as blood. Pod pumps that provide low shear and low turbulence may be used in such systems, particularly for systems that pump blood. A certain heat-exchanger system used to heat blood or other fluids may be used to provide whole-body hyperthermic treatments or regional hyperthermic chemotherapy treatments. A disposable unit may be used to separate the fluid path from the fluid control systems. The disposable unit typically includes a heat-exchanger component that is received by a corresponding heat exchanger in a base unit. Fluid pumped through the heat-exchanger component is heated by the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2007Publication date: March 6, 2008Applicant: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Dean Kamen, Jason Demers, David Altobelli, Larry Gray, N. Perry, Brian Tracey, James Dale, Dirk van der Merwe, Kingston Owens
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Publication number: 20070112530Abstract: A monitoring system for distributed utilities. A generation device is provided for converting an available resource to a desired utility; the resource may be water, in which case the generator is a purifier for providing potable water, or, alternatively, the generator may convert a fuel to electrical power. In either case, an input sensor is provided for measuring input to the generation device, while an output sensor is provided for measuring consumption of output from the generation device. The monitoring system has a controller for concatenating measured input and consumption of output on the basis of the input and output sensors. Measured parameters are telemetered to a remote site where utility generation and use are monitored and may also be controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2004Publication date: May 17, 2007Inventors: Dean Kamen, Jason Demers, Kingston Owens
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Publication number: 20070017192Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments of the invention are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: David Bednarek, Robert Charles, Andrew Coll, Jason Demers, Timothy Duggan, Gustav Heinzman, Joseph Hoell, James Jackson, Scott Leonard, David McGill, Kingston Owens
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Patent number: 6966182Abstract: A thermal cycle engine having a heat exchanger for transferring thermal energy across the heater head from a heated external fluid to the working fluid. The heat exchanger has a set of heat transfer pins each having an axis directed away from the cylindrical wall of the expansion cylinder. The height and density of the heat transfer pins may vary with distance in the direction of the flow path, and the pin structure may be fabricated by stacking perforated rings in contact with a heater head. Ribs are provided interior to the heater head to enhance hoop strength and thermal transfer.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2004Date of Patent: November 22, 2005Assignee: New Power Conceps LLCInventors: Dean L. Kamen, Thomas Q. Gurski, Christopher C. Langenfeld, Ryan Keith LaRocque, Michael Norris, Kingston Owens, Jonathan Strimling
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Publication number: 20050238499Abstract: A liquid ring pump includes an external housing enclosing a volume including a lower fluid reservoir. A rotatable inner housing is within the volume of the external housing, the inner housing enclosing an inner fluid chamber. A pitot tube provides fluid communication between the lower fluid reservoir and the inner fluid chamber. The housings and pitot tube are adapted so that when the inner housing rotates, fluid flows from the lower fluid reservoir through the pitot tube into the inner fluid chamber to develop a liquid ring within the inner fluid chamber such that an inner radial wall of the liquid ring is just radially outward from a point where the pitot tube enters the inner fluid chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2005Publication date: October 27, 2005Applicant: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Jason Demers, Scott Leonard, Kingston Owens
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Publication number: 20050194048Abstract: A backpressure regulator, consistent with an embodiment of the invention, includes a hinged arm attached to a movable stop that is positioned to cover a port connected to a pressurized conduit, when the arm of the regulator is in a closed position. When the pressure in the conduit exceeds a set point, the arm moves away from the closed position, allowing fluid to escape the pressurized conduit. When the pressure in the conduit returns to, or below the set point, the arm returns to a closed position. Other backpressure regulators in accord with embodiments of the invention may include an adjustable counter mass for altering the set point of the regulator; a specifically designed leak vent when the arm of the regulator is in a closed position; or a port having an orifice connected to the pressurized conduit. The port may optionally have a drain orifice as well.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2003Publication date: September 8, 2005Applicant: DEKA Products Limited PartnershipInventors: Timothy Duggan, Kingston Owens