Patents by Inventor Craig A. Pflaum

Craig A. Pflaum 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).

  • Publication number: 20240128762
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a process for configuring or commissioning a solar power system includes receiving, at a controller, hardware identifiers of a plurality of power electronics modules to be configured. Each of the plurality of power electronics modules of at least a portion of the plurality of power electronics modules is associated with a corresponding photovoltaic panel. A hub is configured to wirelessly communicate with the plurality of power electronics modules. The controller is physically connected to the hub and communicates with the hub via wiring that also carries power from photovoltaic panels to an inverter. The process includes configuring, by the controller, the plurality of power electronics modules using the received hardware identifiers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle Breuning Evans, Sebastian Wolf, Mark Holveck, Hai-Yue Han, Craig Patrick Timms, Paul Chapman, Christopher Wright, Ryan Pflaum
  • Patent number: 4762698
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for increasing the fluosilicic acid (FSA) recovered from a wet process phosphoric acid manufacturing process. The filtrate obtained by washing a filter cake is pumped to a stripper and reacted with H.sub.2 SO.sub.4 to converting the dissolved FSA to gaseous SiF.sub.4. A defoamer is added to the acid-filtrate mixture to reduce the foam produced by the reaction and increase the amount of gaseous SiF.sub.4 recovered from the reaction. The gaseous SiF.sub.4 is recovered from the acid-filtrate reaction mixture and converted to FSA for commercial use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: International Minerals & Chemical Corp.
    Inventors: J. Jay Yarnell, Craig A. Pflaum, Arthur F. Davidson, Harry J. Kuhn