Patents by Inventor Frederick Wells Hodous

Frederick Wells Hodous 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).

  • Unit cell U-plate-fin crossflow heat exchanger
    Publication number: 20040003916
    Abstract: The invention recites a heat exchanger for the exchange of heat between an internal fluid and an external fluid comprising at least two heat exchange cells. Each heat exchange cell includes a first plate having an outer surface, raised peripheral edges, an inlet aperture, an outlet aperture, and a heat exchange area extending between the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture. Each cell further includes a second plate including raised peripheral edges, an inlet aperture, an outlet aperture, and a heat exchange area extending between the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture. The inlet aperture of the first plate is aligned with the inlet aperture of the second plate to define a cell inlet and the outlet aperture of the first plate is aligned with the outlet aperture of the second plate to define a cell outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: Ingersoll-Rand Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James Stephen Nash, Alexander Haplau-Colan, Frederick Wells Hodous