Patents by Inventor Brian M. Frankie

Brian M. Frankie 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).

  • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LIQEFIED NATURAL GAS FROM HIGH CO2 NATURAL GAS
    Publication number: 20090090049
    Abstract: A process for producing LNG from high CO2 natural gas. The process includes: separating methane from a hydrocarbon stream containing CO2 to produce a methane-depleted hydrocarbon stream; subjecting the methane-depleted hydrocarbon stream to at least one separation process; and feeding at least one recycle stream from the at least one separation processes into the step for separating methane. The at least one separation process is selected from the group consisting of deethanizing, depropanizing, debutanizing and CO2 separating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Chinn, Chung-Nan Nancy Tsai, Paul F. Bryan, Brian M. Frankie, Kaman Ida Chan, Justin I-Ching Pan
  • Nitrous oxide based oxygen supply system
    Patent number: 7165546
    Abstract: A self-contained system which converts nitrous oxide to a breathable gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a portable system is disclosed wherein liquefied nitrous oxide is converted to a breathable gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen. The decomposition occurs over a catalyst bed which is all contained in a small reactor. The invention is useful for underwater, fire fighting and outer space applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Astronautics
    Inventors: Brian M. Frankie, Robert M. Zubrin, Scott E. Lowther
  • Nitrous oxide based oxygen supply system
    Publication number: 20020056451
    Abstract: A self-contained system which converts nitrous oxide to a breathable gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a portable system is disclosed wherein liquefied nitrous oxide is converted to a breathable gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen. The decomposition occurs over a catalyst bed which is all contained in a small reactor. The invention is useful for underwater, fire fighting and outer space applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: May 16, 2002
    Inventors: Brian M. Frankie, Robert M. Zubrin, Scott E. Lowther
  • Nitrous oxide based oxygen supply system
    Patent number: 6347627
    Abstract: A self-contained system which converts nitrous oxide to a breathable gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a portable system is disclosed wherein liquefied nitrous oxide is converted to a breathable gas mixture of nitrogen and oxygen. The decomposition occurs over a catalyst bed which is all contained in a small reactor. The invention is useful for underwater, fire fighting and outer space applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Pioneer Inventions, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian M. Frankie, Robert M. Zubrin, Scott E. Lowther