Patents by Inventor Christopher Lawrence Koppen

Christopher Lawrence Koppen 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).

  • Perforated tube flow distributor
    Patent number: 6814136
    Abstract: An evaporator for conducting a heat exchanger between a refrigerant and ambient air including a plurality of refrigerant tubes, at least two header tanks in fluid communication with the plurality of refrigerant tubes and at least one of the heater tanks having a plurality of serrations through which refrigerant flows into each of the plurality of refrigerant tubes and a plurality of fins dispersed between each of the plurality of refrigerant tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chin Won Yi, Kevin Bennett Wise, Christopher Lawrence Koppen, Albert Allen Rogier
  • Serrated tube-flow distributor
    Publication number: 20040026072
    Abstract: An evaporator for conducting a heat exchanger between a refrigerant and ambient air including a plurality of refrigerant tubes, at least two header tanks in fluid communication with the plurality of refrigerant tubes and at least one of the heater tanks having a plurality of serrations through which refrigerant flows into each of the plurality of refrigerant tubes and a plurality of fins dispersed between each of the plurality of refrigerant tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chin Won Yi, Kevin Bennett Wise, Christopher Lawrence Koppen, Albert Allen Rogier