Patents by Inventor Anne-Sophie Van der Waart

Anne-Sophie Van der Waart 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).

  • Method of cooling or heating a means of transport and a means of transport
    Patent number: 7740053
    Abstract: A method of maintaining a space in a means of transport, such as a vehicle, at a desired temperature. The vehicle is provided with a storage tank containing a medium having a suitable temperature. According to the invention the storage tank is part of the transport means, the storage tank possesses an inlet opening for increasing the capacity for maintaining the space at the desired temperature, and is thus achieved; i) by feeding through the inlet opening a regenerating medium-comprising liquid and, after heat exchange between the regenerating medium and the medium, discharging the regenerating medium-comprising liquid; or ii) by via the inlet opening replacing the medium in the storage tank comprising liquid with medium-comprising liquid having a greater capacity of maintaining the space at the desired temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: ECOFYS B.V.
    Inventors: Joannes Jozef Gerardus Opdam, Anne-Sophie Van der Waart
  • Method of cooling or heating a means of transport and a means of transport
    Publication number: 20060169277
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of maintaining a space in a means of transport, such as a vehicle, at a desired temperature. The vehicle is provided with a storage tank containing a medium having a suitable temperature. According to the invention the storage tank is part of the transport means, the storage tank possesses an inlet opening for increasing the capacity for maintaining the space at the desired temperature, and is this achieved i) by feeding through the inlet opening a regenerating medium-comprising liquid and, after heat exchange between the regenerating medium and the medium, discharging the regenerating medium-comprising liquid; or ii) by via the inlet opening replacing the medium in the storage tank comprising liquid with medium-comprising liquid having a greater capacity of maintaining the space at the desired temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 3, 2006
    Applicant: ECOFYS BV
    Inventors: Joannes Opdam, Anne-Sophie Van der Waart