Patents by Inventor Christopher Phillip Migliaccio

Christopher Phillip Migliaccio 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for dropwise excitation heat transfer
    Patent number: 11300370
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for heat transfer. In some embodiments, a heat transfer apparatus includes a body defining an inner volume; an inlet coupled to a vapor source; a coolant channel extending through the heat transfer apparatus; a condensing surface on which a vapor condenses, wherein the condensing surface is configured to cause the vapor to form as one or more drops on the condensing surface; and an actuator configured to excite the one or more drops at a resonant frequency of the one or more drops to remove the one or more drops from the condensing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Christopher Phillip Migliaccio, Nathan Scott Lazarus
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DROPWISE EXCITATION HEAT TRANSFER
    Publication number: 20160187068
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for heat transfer. In some embodiments, a heat transfer apparatus includes a body defining an inner volume; an inlet coupled to a vapor source; a coolant channel extending through the heat transfer apparatus; a condensing surface on which a vapor condenses, wherein the condensing surface is configured to cause the vapor to form as one or more drops on the condensing surface; and an actuator configured to excite the one or more drops at a resonant frequency of the one or more drops to remove the one or more drops from the condensing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Phillip Migliaccio, Nathan Scott Lazarus