Patents by Inventor William Lewis Schneider

William Lewis Schneider 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: 11371788
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a body. The body includes a plurality of heat transfer pathways, and a flushing manifold formed with the body of the heat exchanger. The flushing manifold includes a plurality of nozzles oriented so as to spray a flushing fluid onto, into, or both onto and into one or more of the plurality of heat transfer pathways. A method of flushing particulates from a heat exchanger including supplying a flushing fluid through a flushing manifold formed with a body of a heat exchanger, and spraying the flushing fluid onto, into, or both onto and into one or more heat transfer pathways using one or more nozzles in fluid communication with the flushing manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Ryan Johns, William Lewis Schneider, Eliezer Manuel Alcantara-Marte, Dylan Thomas Gerding
  • Publication number: 20200080799
    Abstract: Heat exchangers may have a body including a plurality of heat transfer pathways, and a flushing manifold integrally formed with the body of the heat exchanger. The flushing manifold may include a plurality of nozzles oriented so as to spray a flushing fluid onto one or more of the plurality of heat transfer pathways. Methods of flushing particulates from a heat exchanger include supplying a flushing fluid through a flushing manifold integrally formed with a body of a heat exchanger, and spraying the flushing fluid into one or more heat transfer pathways using one or more nozzles in fluid communication with the flushing manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Ryan Johns, William Lewis Schneider, Eliezer Manuel Alcantara-Marte, Dylan Thomas Gerding