Patents by Inventor W. John Bilski

W. John Bilski 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: 10209003
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a electronics cabinets having an electronics heat source therein. The thermal management system includes a first passive thermal device having an evaporator portion and a condenser portion. The thermal management system can also include a heat sink in contact with air inside the cabinet and in thermal contact with the evaporator portion of the first passive thermal device, wherein the heat sink is contained within the sealed cabinet. The condenser portion of the first passive thermal device can be in contact with a liquid to liquid heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Thermal Corp.
    Inventor: W. John Bilski
  • Publication number: 20110288548
    Abstract: A cooling member for a cautery surgical instrument such as a surgical forceps including a pair of elongate arms joined at an end so as to provide for resilient compressible movement of the arms between a normally open position and a squeezed closed position. The cooling member provides for conduction of heat away from an electrode tip and includes a first portion having a first diameter and a second portion spaced away from the first portion that transitions from the first diameter to at least one smaller diameter section. A socket is disposed within each arm of the forceps. The socket includes a longitudinal blind hole that is sized so as to releasably receive the smaller diameter section of the second portion, and a catch for engaging a portion of the arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: W. John Bilski, Mark T. North, David Joseph Mucko
  • Patent number: 7914529
    Abstract: A cooling member for a cautery surgical instrument such as a surgical forceps including a pair of elongate arms joined at an end so as to provide for resilient compressible movement of the arms between a normally open position and a squeezed closed position. The cooling member provides for conduction of heat away from an electrode tip and includes a first portion having a first diameter, and a second portion spaced away from the first portion that transitions from the first diameter to at least one smaller diameter section. A socket is disposed within each arm of the forceps. The socket includes a longitudinal blind hole that is sized so as to releasably receive the smaller diameter section of the second portion, and a catch for engaging a portion of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Thermal Corp.
    Inventors: W. John Bilski, Mark T. North, David Joseph Mucko
  • Patent number: 6550530
    Abstract: A heat transfer system includes a wick, a vacuum pump and a heat exchanger. The wick receives a condensed liquid. The wick receives heat from a heat source. The vacuum pump reduces pressure in the wick while turned on, so that at least a portion of the liquid evaporates within the wick to form a vapor that is pumped by the pump. The heat exchanger is coupled to receive the vapor from the pump. The heat exchanger rejects heat to form the condensed liquid from the vapor. The heat exchanger returns the condensed liquid to the wick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Thermal Corp.
    Inventor: W. John Bilski
  • Patent number: 6351381
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat management system for controlling the temperature inside of an electronics cabinet. A first heat exchanger is provided that includes a cold plate that is thermally interconnected with the electronic systems and components in the cabinet. A channel is defined in the cold plate that supports a tube having an entrance opening, an exit opening, and is arranged in thermal communication with the electronic systems so as to form a passageway for a liquid coolant fluid to travel through the channel. A second heat exchanger is provided that includes a condenser arranged in fluid flow communication with the entrance opening and the exit opening of the channel and a plurality of fans arranged in confronting relation to the condenser. A third heat exchanger is provided that includes two stacks of substantially parallel plates arranged in two-plate assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Thermal Corp.
    Inventors: W. John Bilski, Matthew D. Nissley, Erik Mallett