Patents by Inventor Clifford Mikesell

Clifford Mikesell 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).

  • Tubesheet support arrangement for a FGTT (flue-gas-through-the-tubes)heat exchanger
    Publication number: 20050006056
    Abstract: A tubesheet support arrangement 11 supports a tubesheet 10 within a vessel 12, the tubesheet 10 maintaining a plurality of tubes 22 at fixed radial spacings from one another with the tubes 22 extending from the tubesheet 10 on a tube projecting side of the radial plane RP. The tubesheet support arrangement 11 comprises a fully circumferentially extending intermediary support element 24. The intermediary support element 24 is subjected to compression due its support of the weight of the tubesheet 10 and the tubes 22 on the lower portion of the vessel 12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: John Angel, Gregory Homoki, Eric Jenkins, Clifford Mikesell, James Oyler, C. Roland, Bryon Williams