Patents by Inventor Michael Thomas Groh

Michael Thomas Groh 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).

  • Method for servicing a refrigeration system
    Patent number: 8297063
    Abstract: A method for servicing a refrigeration system is disclosed. The refrigeration system contains a refrigerant and has a compressor, a high-side section and a low-side section. The method includes the steps of releasing the refrigerant from the refrigeration system from the high-side section; collecting the released refrigerant with a recovery container containing a refrigerant adsorptive substance; charging the refrigeration system with inert gas from the low-side section; and discharging the inert gas from the refrigeration system from the high-side section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brent Alden Junge, Michael Thomas Groh, Jeffrey Jacoby, Lee Mathieson, Richard Miller, Alan J. Mitchell, Michael Christopher Ross, Martin Mitchell Zentner
  • METHOD FOR SERVICING A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100037636
    Abstract: A method for servicing a refrigeration system is disclosed. The refrigeration system contains a refrigerant and has a compressor, a high-side section and a low-side section. The method includes the steps of releasing the refrigerant from the refrigeration system from the high-side section; collecting the released refrigerant with a recovery container containing a refrigerant adsorptive substance; charging the refrigeration system with inert gas from the low-side section; and discharging the inert gas from the refrigeration system from the high-side section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Brent Alden Junge, Michael Thomas Groh, Jeffrey Jacoby, Lee Mathieson, Richard Miller, Alan J. Mitchell, Michael Christopher Ross, Martin Mitchell Zentner