Patents by Inventor Alfred GAILE

Alfred GAILE 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).

  • Self-supporting vapor cycle refrigeration system for an aircraft
    Patent number: 12065021
    Abstract: A vapor cycle refrigeration system for an aircraft comprises a compressor, a condenser unit with a condenser radiator, a condenser fan and a condenser air duct configured to direct a stream of air generated by the condenser fan through the condenser radiator, an expansion device, an evaporator unit with an evaporator radiator, an evaporator fan and an evaporator air duct configured to direct a stream of air generated by the evaporator fan through the evaporator radiator, and a piping system connecting the compressor, the condenser radiator, the expansion device and the evaporator radiator in a closed circuit for a refrigerant, wherein each of the compressor, the condenser radiator, the condenser fan, the expansion device, the evaporator radiator, the evaporator fan and the piping system is fully supported directly or indirectly by at least one of the condenser air duct and the evaporator air duct such that the system is self-supporting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Lilium eAircraft GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Gaile, Axel Dietrich
  • SELF-SUPPORTING VAPOR CYCLE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20220266660
    Abstract: A vapor cycle refrigeration system for an aircraft comprises a compressor, a condenser unit with a condenser radiator, a condenser fan and a condenser air duct configured to direct a stream of air generated by the condenser fan through the condenser radiator, an expansion device, an evaporator unit with an evaporator radiator, an evaporator fan and an evaporator air duct configured to direct a stream of air generated by the evaporator fan through the evaporator radiator, and a piping system connecting the compressor, the condenser radiator, the expansion device and the evaporator radiator in a closed circuit for a refrigerant, wherein each of the compressor, the condenser radiator, the condenser fan, the expansion device, the evaporator radiator, the evaporator fan and the piping system is fully supported directly or indirectly by at least one of the condenser air duct and the evaporator air duct such that the system is self-supporting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Alfred GAILE, Axel DIETRICH