Patents by Inventor Freddy Wollants

Freddy Wollants 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).

  • Patent number: 10301999
    Abstract: A combined heat exchanging and fluid mixing apparatus including a first conduit (44) for guiding a cool fluid through the first conduit and a second conduit (55) for guiding a hot gas through the second conduit. A heat conductive element (2) is arranged between the first conduit (44) and the second conduit (55) for transferring heat from the hot gas to the cool fluid. The apparatus further includes a third conduit (45) for guiding an exhaust fluid. The third conduit (45) comprises an exhaust fluid inlet (46) for introducing an exhaust fluid into the apparatus for mixing of the exhaust fluid with the hot gas and for a chemical reaction of the so formed exhaust fluid/hot gas mixture in the second conduit (55).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Bosal Emission Control Systems NV
    Inventors: Yves De Vos, Freddy Wollants, Jean-Paul Hubert Janssens
  • Patent number: 10215496
    Abstract: The heat exchanger includes a cool conduit (2,3), a hot conduit (4) and a heat exchanging element (1) arranged between the cool conduit (2,3) and the hot conduit (4). The heat exchanger also includes at least one further conduit (3,2) arranged next to the cool conduit (2,3) or to the hot conduit (4) on a same side of the heat exchanging element (1) as said respective cool or hot conduit. The further conduit is separated from the respective cool or hot conduit by a separator (5) that includes two separating elements (51,52) arranged at a distance to each other and forming a cavity (53) between the two separating elements (51,52). The separator restricts a fluid flow into or in the cavity (53) such as to limit a heat exchange between the further conduit (3,2) and the respective cool or hot conduit on the same side of the heat exchanging element (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Bosal Emission Control Systems NV
    Inventors: Yves De Vos, Freddy Wollants, Jean-Paul Hubert Janssens
  • Publication number: 20170074594
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger comprises a stack of rectangular heat transfer plates, wherein each rectangular heat transfer plate comprises a circumference with four circumference edges arranged at the circumference of the rectangular heat transfer plate, a rectangular heat transfer wall extending between the circumference edges of the heat transfer plate, the rectangular heat transfer wall defining a plane and comprising a circumference portion extending to the circumference edge in the plane of the heat transfer wall, and the heat transfer plate further comprises at least two folded parts arranged at the circumference of the heat transfer plate and extending from the heat transfer wall over the circumference edge of the heat transfer plate, the folded parts contacting the heat transfer wall for forming spacer elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Freddy WOLLANTS, Martijn LUYCK, Jean-Paul Hubert JANSSENS, Bert VERWIMP
  • Publication number: 20160216174
    Abstract: A device for the diagnosis of the operability of a particle filter for an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine, the device comprising: an exhaust conduit having an outer wall, the outer wall of the exhaust conduit defining a virtual bounding tubular envelope, the virtual bounding tubular envelope being the smallest possible tubular envelope having a circular cross-section co-planar to the cross-section of the exhaust conduit and completely surrounding the outer wall of the exhaust conduit at any position along the exhaust conduit, an exhaust chamber having a detection filter, a temperature sensor arranged in the exhaust chamber, the temperature sensor being arranged for measuring the temperature of a portion of the exhaust gas stream having passed through at least a part of the detection filter, wherein at least a portion of the exhaust chamber is thermally connected to the environment exterior to the exhaust conduit, and wherein the exhaust chamber is at least partly arranged within the v
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Robert CLOUDT, Freddy WOLLANTS
  • Patent number: 9163544
    Abstract: A unit for recovering thermal energy from exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine including an inlet, an outlet, a heat exchanger arranged downstream of the inlet and upstream of the outlet, and a valve capable of being switched between a recovery position. The exhaust gas flows from the inlet through the heat exchanger to the outlet, and a bypass position, in which the exhaust gas flows from the inlet through a bypass to the outlet. The valve includes separate first and second valve bodies and associated separate first and second valve seats arranged upstream and downstream of the heat exchanger, respectively. The first and second valve bodies are adapted to be switched only simultaneously from the recovery position to the bypass position and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Bosal Emission Control Systems N.V.
    Inventors: Freddy Wollants, Jean-Paul Hubert Janssens
  • Publication number: 20140338313
    Abstract: A unit for recovering thermal energy from exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine including an inlet, an outlet, a heat exchanger arranged downstream of the inlet and upstream of the outlet, and a valve capable of being switched between a recovery position. The exhaust gas flows from the inlet through the heat exchanger to the outlet, and a bypass position, in which the exhaust gas flows from the inlet through a bypass to the outlet. The valve includes separate first and second valve bodies and associated separate first and second valve seats arranged upstream and downstream of the heat exchanger, respectively. The first and second valve bodies are adapted to be switched only simultaneously from the recovery position to the bypass position and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Scambia Holdings Cyprus Limited
    Inventors: Freddy Wollants, Jean-Paul Hubert Janssens
  • Publication number: 20140231048
    Abstract: The heat exchanger comprises a cool conduit (2,3), a hot conduit (4) and a heat exchanging element (1) arranged between the cool conduit (2,3) and the hot conduit (4). The heat exchanger further comprises at least one further conduit (3,2) arranged next to the cool conduit (2,3) or to the hot conduit (4) on a same side of the heat exchanging element (1) as said respective cool or hot conduit. The further conduit is separated from the respective cool or hot conduit by a separator (5) comprising two separating elements (51,52) arranged at a distance to each other and forming a cavity (53) between the two separating elements (51,52). The separator restricts a fluid flow into or in the cavity (53) such as to limit a heat exchange between the further conduit (3,2) and the respective cool or hot conduit on the same side of the heat exchanging element (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Scambia Holdings Cyprus Limited
    Inventors: Yves De Vos, Freddy Wollants, Jean-Paul Hubert Janssens
  • Publication number: 20140102667
    Abstract: A combined heat exchanging and fluid mixing apparatus including a first conduit (44) for guiding a cool fluid through the first conduit and a second conduit (55) for guiding a hot gas through the second conduit. A heat conductive element (2) is arranged between the first conduit (44) and the second conduit (55) for transferring heat from the hot gas to the cool fluid. The apparatus further includes a third conduit (45) for guiding an exhaust fluid. The third conduit (45) comprises an exhaust fluid inlet (46) for introducing an exhaust fluid into the apparatus for mixing of the exhaust fluid with the hot gas and for a chemical reaction of the so formed exhaust fluid/hot gas mixture in the second conduit (55).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Scambia Holdings Cyprus Limited
    Inventors: Yves De Vos, Freddy Wollants, Jean-Paul Hubert Janssens