Patents Assigned to Knight Material Technologies LLC
  • Heat transfer packing element
    Patent number: 12515190
    Abstract: A packing element for use in a heat exchange or mass transfer tower includes a barrel and a plurality of fins spaced around a circumference of the barrel, each fin having a height approximately equal to a height of the barrel and a length extending radially from the barrel, a proximate end of each fin attached perpendicularly to the barrel. A protrusion extends outward from the distal end or each fin along its height. A method for mass transfer includes passing fluids through a vessel packed with randomly arranged packing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: KNIGHT MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Izak Nieuwoudt, Karl-Heinz Schofalvi
  • Heat transfer packing element
    Patent number: D1013510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Knight Material Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Izak Nieuwoudt, Karl-Heinz Schofalvi
  • Heat transfer packing element
    Patent number: D1066020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: KNIGHT MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Izak Nieuwoudt, Karl-Heinz Schofalvi
  • Heat transfer packing element
    Patent number: D1092214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: KNIGHT MATERIAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Izak Nieuwoudt, Karl-Heinz Schofalvi