Patents by Inventor Christopher L. Ganshert

Christopher L. Ganshert 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).

  • Integrated thermal energy module within an air-cooled evaporator design
    Patent number: 10436495
    Abstract: A transport refrigeration unit (TRU) includes a compressor. The TRU further includes a condenser disposed downstream of the compressor. The TRU further includes an expansion device disposed downstream of the condenser. The TRU further includes a first flow control device disposed downstream of the condenser. The TRU further includes a first evaporator disposed downstream of the expansion device and the first flow control device. The first evaporator is disposed upstream of a second flow control device. The second evaporator is disposed downstream of the first flow control device, the expansion device, and the second flow control device. The second evaporator includes a thermal accumulator. The second flow control device disposed upstream of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Thermo King Corporation
    Inventors: Panayu Robert Srichai, Vladimir Sulc, Gary O. McGinley, Eric Kirby, Christopher L Ganshert, Christopher J. Kroeker, Casey Briscoe
  • INTEGRATED THERMAL ENERGY MODULE WITHIN AN AIR-COOLED EVAPORATOR DESIGN
    Publication number: 20160334154
    Abstract: A transport refrigeration unit (TRU) includes a compressor. The TRU further includes a condenser disposed downstream of the compressor. The TRU further includes an expansion device disposed downstream of the condenser. The TRU further includes a first flow control device disposed downstream of the condenser. The TRU further includes a first evaporator disposed downstream of the expansion device and the first flow control device. The first evaporator is disposed upstream of a second flow control device. The second evaporator is disposed downstream of the first How control device., the expansion device, and the second flow control device. The second evaporator includes a thermal accumulator. The second flow control device disposed upstream of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Panayu Robert Srichai, Vladimir Sulc, Gary O. McGinley, Eric Kirby, Christopher L. Ganshert, Christopher J. Kroeker, Casey Briscoe