Patents by Inventor Daniel C. Coy

Daniel C. Coy 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).

  • Process and apparatus of mixing a fluid within a vessel
    Patent number: 9446358
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for mixing a fluid or a liquid within a vessel or a tank. The invention includes an apparatus with an inlet device and a mixer. The invention mixes crude oils and/or other hydrocarbon materials to a homogenous state with surprising and unexpected high efficiency. The invention includes methods of using the apparatus to mix the contents of the vessel and/or two stratified materials. The invention includes the ability to mix materials having disparities in density and/or viscosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel C. Coy
  • Process and Apparatus of Mixing a Fluid Within a Vessel
    Publication number: 20150078118
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for mixing a fluid or a liquid within a vessel or a tank. The invention includes an apparatus with an inlet device and a mixer. The invention mixes crude oils and/or other hydrocarbon materials to a homogenous state with surprising and unexpected high efficiency. The invention includes methods of using the apparatus to mix the contents of the vessel and/or two stratified materials. The invention includes the ability to mix materials having disparities in density and/or viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel C. Coy
  • Process and apparatus for mixing a fluid within a vessel
    Patent number: 8931948
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for mixing a fluid or a liquid within a vessel or a tank. The invention includes an apparatus with an inlet device and a mixer. The invention mixes crude oils and/or other hydrocarbon materials to a homogenous state with surprising and unexpected high efficiency. The invention includes methods of using the apparatus to mix the contents of the vessel and/or two stratified materials. The invention includes the ability to mix materials having disparities in density and/or viscosity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel C. Coy
  • PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR MIXING A FLUID WITHIN A VESSEL
    Publication number: 20100080077
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for mixing a fluid or a liquid within a vessel or a tank. The invention includes an apparatus with an inlet device and a mixer. The invention mixes crude oils and/or other hydrocarbon materials to a homogenous state with surprising and unexpected high efficiency. The invention includes methods of using the apparatus to mix the contents of the vessel and/or two stratified materials. The invention includes the ability to mix materials having disparities in density and/or viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Daniel C. Coy
  • Thermal spray coating process with nano-sized materials
    Publication number: 20030219544
    Abstract: A method for coating materials on substrates is disclosed which includes providing a dispersion of the coating material in a liquid carrier wherein the material includes individual, non-agglomerated particles having diameters of less than 500 nanometers, injecting the dispersion into a thermal spray to form droplets of liquid carrier and particles, burning the droplets of liquid carrier and particles within the thermal spray so the particles begin to melt and wherein, as the droplets burn, at least some of the particles begin to form agglomerates of particles within the droplets and directing the droplets containing the agglomerates of particles toward the substrate to coat the substrate with the particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventors: William C. Smith, Kurtis C. Kelley, Daniel C. Coy, W. Ian Roberts