Patents by Inventor Daniel Paul Massman

Daniel Paul Massman 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).

  • Method of making continuous corrugated heat exchanger
    Patent number: 6438840
    Abstract: A method of making a continuous corrugated heat exchanger includes stamping a plurality of contiguous refrigerant plates joined together by a plurality of tabs. The method includes the steps of stamping at least a first and last one of the refrigerant plates flat to form end sheets. The method further includes the steps of bending the refrigerant plates to form a stack and bending the end sheets over the refrigerant plates at a top and bottom of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Tavi, James Harvey Hornsby, IV, Daniel Paul Massman
  • Continuous corrugated heat exchanger and method of making same
    Publication number: 20010037572
    Abstract: A continuous corrugated heat exchanger and method of making same includes a plurality of contiguous plates and a plurality of tabs disposed between adjacent plates. The plates include a plurality of refrigerant plates having a plurality of beads and at least one blank plate at each end of the refrigerant plates forming an end sheet. The refrigerant sheets are folded bellows-like to form a stack and the end sheet is folded on a top and bottom of the stack and connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventors: Joseph Paul Tavi, James Harvey Hornsby, Daniel Paul Massman