Patents by Inventor ANTHONY C. GEHL

ANTHONY C. GEHL 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).

  • Publication number: 20240310082
    Abstract: A thermal energy storage system includes a heat exchange module having a quantity of phase change material and a quantity of reference gas in fluid communication with the phase change material. A sensor is provided for sensing the reference gas pressure and generating a pressure signal that is related to the reference gas pressure. The exchange of heat changes the heat of the phase change material, a change in the phase of the phase change material, and a change in the total volume of the phase change material. This changes the volume of the reference gas, and also changes the reference gas pressure. The sensor will detect and generate a signal of the reference gas pressure change and form this a change in the state of charge of the phase change material can be determined. A thermal energy storage system and method for storing thermal energy are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: JOSEPH D. RENDALL, SOM S. SHRESTHA, ANTHONY C. GEHL, JERALD A. ATCHLEY, DIANA HUN, ZHENGLAI SHEN
  • Patent number: 11768012
    Abstract: A diffuser for a water heater fill tubes having a tube wall with an outside diameter. The diffuser includes an elongated flexible diffuser body for positioning at the outlet end of the fill tube. The diffuser body has a sealing end for sealing with an outside surface of the fill tube wall closest to the inlet end of the fill tube, and an open end for positioning at an end closest to the outlet end of the fill tube. The open end has a diameter larger than an outside diameter of the tube wall, thereby creating an diffuser water outlet opening between the diffuser body and the tube wall for redirecting radial water flow emanating from the fill tube water outlet opening(s) toward the diffuser outlet opening. A fill tube assembly for a water heater, a water heater, and a method for heating water are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph D. Rendall, Kyle R. Gluesenkamp, Anthony C. Gehl, Jerald A. Atchley
  • Publication number: 20220136735
    Abstract: A diffuser for a water heater fill tubes having a tube wall with an outside diameter. The diffuser includes an elongated flexible diffuser body for positioning at the outlet end of the fill tube. The diffuser body has a sealing end for sealing with an outside surface of the fill tube wall closest to the inlet end of the fill tube, and an open end for positioning at an end closest to the outlet end of the fill tube. The open end has a diameter larger than an outside diameter of the tube wall, thereby creating an diffuser water outlet opening between the diffuser body and the tube wall for redirecting radial water flow emanating from the fill tube water outlet opening(s) toward the diffuser outlet opening. A fill tube assembly for a water heater, a water heater, and a method for heating water are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: JOSEPH D. RENDALL, KYLE R. GLUESENKAMP, ANTHONY C. GEHL, JERALD A. ATCHLEY