Patents by Inventor Nilkolaos S. Fortomaris

Nilkolaos S. Fortomaris 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).

  • CROSS-FLOW THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR FOR VEHICLE EXHAUST SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110126530
    Abstract: A vehicle exhaust system includes a thermoelectric generator that uses a plurality of thermoelectric modules to convert thermal energy generated by hot exhaust gases to electric energy. The thermoelectric generator has an inlet associated with an upstream exhaust component and an outlet associated with a downstream exhaust component. The thermoelectric generator diverts exhaust gas flow from a vehicle exhaust system main-flow direction to a cross-flow direction that is non-parallel to the main-flow direction when flowing from the inlet to the outlet of the thermoelectric generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Joseph Callahan, Christian Paul Vitek, Marco Ranalli, Nilkolaos S. Fortomaris, Robin McCarty, Ralph Irving Larson, JR.