Patents by Inventor Salvatore Joseph Messana

Salvatore Joseph Messana 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).

  • Modular in-frame pumped refrigerant distribution and heat removal system
    Patent number: 7905105
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system are provided for a modular in-frame pumped refrigerant distribution system. Specifically, a micro-channel heat exchanger is positioned in an equipment cabinet close to equipment that generates heat. More specifically, the micro-channel heat exchanger may be positioned on a) a shelf above the equipment, b) the back side of the equipment, or c) a shelf below the equipment. The micro-channel heat exchanger is operable to receive a refrigerant supplied by an external heat exchanger along a primary flow path, transfer heat from air above and/or near the equipment to a coil of the micro-channel heat exchanger, circulate the refrigerant to extract the heat, and return the refrigerant with an extracted portion of generated heat to the external heat exchanger along a secondary flow path. The external heat exchanger may remove extracted heat from a building via a building chilled water system or an outdoor condenser unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Chappelle Fair, Marc Scott Hodes, Wei Ling, Alan Michael Lyons, Salvatore Joseph Messana, Paul Mark Rominski, Majid Safavi, William Harold Scofield
  • Modular in-frame pumped refrigerant distribution and heat removal system
    Publication number: 20090188264
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system are provided for a modular in-frame pumped refrigerant distribution system. Specifically, a micro-channel heat exchanger is positioned in an equipment cabinet close to equipment that generates heat. More specifically, the micro-channel heat exchanger may be positioned on a) a shelf above the equipment, b) the back side of the equipment, or c) a shelf below the equipment. The micro-channel heat exchanger is operable to receive a refrigerant supplied by an external heat exchanger along a primary flow path, transfer heat from air above and/or near the equipment to a coil of the micro-channel heat exchanger, circulate the refrigerant to extract the heat, and return the refrigerant with an extracted portion of generated heat to the external heat exchanger along a secondary flow path. The external heat exchanger may remove extracted heat from a building via a building chilled water system or an outdoor condenser unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Philip Chappelle Fair, Marc Scott Hodes, Wei Ling, Alan Michael Lyons, Salvatore Joseph Messana, Paul Mark Rominski, Majid Safavi, William Harold Scofield