Patents by Inventor Rudy Severns

Rudy Severns 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: 5545966
    Abstract: Heat exchanger that are also outer turns of secondary windings of a transformer for use in a charge port of battery charging apparatus. The outer turns may have any shape or thickness, may be air or liquid cooled, or may be vapor changers (heat pipes). Other turns of the secondary windings cannot be used in this manner because they cause excessive energy dissipation, due to proximity losses. When used to a liquid cooled turn, the present invention comprises porting liquid coolant from a cooling system including a pump, a compact heat exchanger, and a fan through the outer windings. Heat dissipation from the secondary windings of the transformer is efficiently removed by providing an internal coolant flow passage or passages formed or integrated at the center of the outer windings comprising the heat exchangers. The internal passages may be configured in several ways. One approach is to construct thin, flat, self-contained flexible coolant bladders made of metal, such as copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1996
    Assignee: Delco Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Sergio Ramos, John T. Hall, Herbert J. Tanzer, Rudy Severns