Patents by Inventor CARSON D. SLABAUGH

CARSON D. SLABAUGH 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).

  • Heat transfer augmented fluid flow surfaces
    Patent number: 9376960
    Abstract: A heat transfer augmented channel wall includes a bulk portion, a wall surface and a plurality of multi-portion indented features extending from the wall surface into the bulk portion. The multi-portion indented features include a first indented portion and a second indented portion that are divided by a ridge which disrupts fluid flow between first and second indented portions. The ridge has a height that is less than a maximum depth of the multi-portion indented features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Carson D. Slabaugh, Jayanta S. Kapat
  • HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTED FLUID FLOW SURFACES
    Publication number: 20120017605
    Abstract: A heat transfer augmented channel wall includes a bulk portion, a wall surface and a plurality of multi-portion indented features extending from the wall surface into the bulk portion. The multi-portion indented features include a first indented portion and a second indented portion that are divided by a ridge which disrupts fluid flow between first and second indented portions. The ridge has a height that is less than a maximum depth of the multi-portion indented features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: CARSON D. SLABAUGH, JAYANTA S. KAPAT