Patents by Inventor David L. Couchot

David L. Couchot 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: 20240117232
    Abstract: A refrigerant composition includes about 90-92 wt % difluoromethane and about 8-10 wt % pentafluoroethane. The refrigerant composition is formed from all recycled materials, and the refrigerant composition is a zeotrope. A method of preparing the refrigerant composition includes injecting a mixture of recovered refrigerants into the center of a distillation column, the mixture of injected refrigerants being difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane and chlorodifluoromethane, removing from the top of the distillation column a refrigerant composition of about 90-92 wt % difluoromethane and about 8-10 wt % pentafluoroethane, and removing chlorodifluoromethane from a bottom of the distillation column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: The Coulan Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David L. Couchot, Abiral Mainali, Raymond E. Maloney, Harold B. Kivlan, IV
  • Patent number: 11746271
    Abstract: A refrigerant composition includes about 90-92 wt % difluoromethane and about 8-10 wt % pentafluoroethane. The refrigerant composition is formed from all recycled materials, and the refrigerant composition has a net global warming potential of about 0. A method of preparing the refrigerant composition includes injecting a mixture of recovered refrigerants into the center of a distillation column, the mixture of injected refrigerants being difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane and chlorodifluoromethane, removing from the top of the distillation column a refrigerant composition of about 90-92 wt % difluoromethane and about 8-10 wt % pentafluoroethane, and removing chlorodifluoromethane from a bottom of the distillation column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Coulan Company L.L.C.
    Inventors: David L. Couchot, Abiral Mainali, Raymond E. Maloney, Harold B. Kivlan, IV
  • Patent number: 11655407
    Abstract: A refrigerant composition includes about 63-66 wt % difluoromethane and about 33-36 wt % pentafluoroethane. The refrigerant composition is formed from all recycled materials, and the refrigerant composition has a net global warming potential of about 0. A method of preparing the refrigerant composition includes injecting a mixture of recovered refrigerants into the center of a distillation column, the mixture of injected refrigerants being difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane and chlorodifluoromethane, removing from the top of the distillation column a refrigerant composition of about 63-66 wt % difluoromethane and about 33-36 wt % pentafluoroethane, and removing chlorodifluoromethane from the bottom of the distillation column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: The Coulan Company, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David L. Couchot, Abiral Mainali, Raymond E. Maloney, Harold B. Kivlan, IV
  • Patent number: 11306236
    Abstract: A refrigerant composition includes R-125 (pentafluoroethane), R-134a (1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane), R-32 (difluoromethane), R-227ea (1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane), R-152a (1,1-difluoroethane), CO2 and R-1234ze (1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene). In one exemplary embodiment, the refrigerant includes 18.5-20.5 wt % R-125, about 9-11 wt % R-134a, about 20-22 wt % R-32, about 3-5 wt % R-227ea, about 2.5-4.5 wt % R-152a, about 1-3 wt % CO2 and about 39-41 wt % R-1234ze. Formulating with reclaimed material lowers the global warming potential to about 400 to about 750.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: FluoroTek, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David L. Couchot, Sankara N. Ramanan
  • Patent number: 11208583
    Abstract: A refrigerant composition includes R-125 (pentafluoroethane), R-134a (1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane), R-32 (difluoromethane), R-227ea (1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane), R-152a (1,1-difluoroethane), CO2 and 1234ze (1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene). In one exemplary embodiment, the refrigerant includes about 14-16 wt % R-125, about 14-16 wt % R-134a, about 25-27 wt % R-32, about 3-5 wt % R-227ea, about 2-4 wt % R-152a, about 6-8 wt % CO2 and about 29-31 wt % 1234ze. In another embodiment, the refrigerant composition includes about 15 wt % R-125, about 15 wt % R-134a, about 26 wt % R-32, about 4 wt % R-227ea, about 3 wt % R-152a, about 5 wt % CO2 and about 30 wt % 1234ze. Optionally, R-152a can be replaced with dimethyl ether. Formulating with reclaimed material lowers the global warming potential to about 400-750.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Fluorotek, L.L.C.
    Inventors: David L. Couchot, Sankara N. Ramanan
  • Patent number: 11028300
    Abstract: A refrigerant composition includes R125 (pentafluoroethane), R134a (1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane), R600a (isobutane) and a polyol ester (POE) lubricant. In one exemplary embodiment, the refrigerant includes about 53-57 wt % R125, about 40-44 wt % R134a, about 1-5 wt % R600a and no more than about 1 wt % POE. In another embodiment, the refrigerant composition includes about 54-56% R125, about 41-43 wt % R134a, about 2-4% R600a and about 0.3-0.7 wt % POE. In yet another embodiment, the refrigerant composition includes about 54.63 wt % R125, about 41.72 wt % R134a, about 2.98 wt % R600a and about 0.67 wt % POE. Manufacturing the refrigerant composition includes charging a vessel with about 53-57 wt % R125, about 44 wt % R134a, about 1-5 wt % R600a to form as 100 wt % charge, and then injecting no more than about 1 wt % POE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Inventors: David L. Couchot, Sankara N. Ramanan