Patents by Inventor Gabriel Ruiz

Gabriel Ruiz 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: 10845132
    Abstract: A core arrangement for a heat exchanger includes a first core layer. The first core layer includes first upstream and downstream ends, first and second parting sheets parallel to one another, and a plurality of adjacent fins disposed between the first and second parting sheets. Each of the plurality of fins extends from a surface of the first parting sheet to a surface of the second parting sheet, and longitudinally between the first upstream end and the first downstream end. The plurality of fins are further laterally arranged to define a plurality of first fluid passages. Each of a subset of the plurality of fins includes an internal slot positioned away from the first upstream end and the first downstream end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel Ruiz, Thomas James Killen, Daniel Bleeker, Michael Doe, Anthony DeLugan, James Streeter
  • Publication number: 20200318910
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system is disclosed herein that extends between a first component and a second component. The heat exchanger system includes a hot flow path configured to convey hot fluid between the first component and the second component, a cool flow path configured to convey cool fluid, and a heat exchanger located between the first component and the second component along the hot flow path and the cool flow path. The heat exchanger includes at least one curve to accommodate the hot flow path and is configured to reduce the temperature of the hot fluid by allowing the transfer of thermal energy from the hot fluid to the cool fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Gabriel Ruiz, Michael Maynard, Michael Doe, Michele Hu, Ahmet T. Becene, Feng Feng
  • Publication number: 20200318913
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a core having a nonrectangular cross-sectional area, a plurality of cold flow layers centered about a centerline with each of the plurality of cold flow layers separated by corresponding walls. The heat exchanger also includes a plurality of hot flow tubes corresponding to each of the plurality of cold flow layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Gabriel Ruiz, Feng Feng, Ahmet T. Becene, Michele Hu, Michael Maynard, Michael Doe
  • Publication number: 20200284517
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first fluid manifold extending along a first fluid axis from a first fluid inlet to a first fluid outlet. The first fluid manifold includes a first fluid inlet header, a first fluid outlet header, and a nested helical core section. The first fluid inlet header is disposed to fork the first fluid inlet into a plurality of first fluid branches distributed circumferentially and radially about the first fluid axis. The first fluid outlet header is disposed to combine the plurality of first fluid branches into the first fluid outlet. The nested helical core section fluidly connects the first fluid inlet header to the first fluid outlet header via a plurality of nested helical tubes, and includes radially inner and outer groups of circumferentially distributed helical tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ahmet T. Becene, Gabriel Ruiz, Feng Feng, Michael Maynard, Michael Doe, Michele Hu, Ephraim Joseph
  • Publication number: 20200284519
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first fluid manifold extending along a first fluid axis from a first fluid inlet to a first fluid outlet. The first fluid manifold includes first fluid inlet and outlet headers, and a helical core section. The inlet header is disposed to branch the first fluid inlet into a plurality of first fluid branches, and the outlet header is disposed to combine the plurality of first fluid branches into the first fluid outlet. The core section fluidly connects the inlet header to the outlet header via a plurality of helical tubes, such that each helical tube corresponds to one of the plurality of first fluid branches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ahmet T. Becene, Gabriel Ruiz, Feng Feng, Michael Maynard, Michael Doe, Michele Hu, Ephraim Joseph
  • Publication number: 20200284516
    Abstract: A core arrangement for a heat exchanger includes a plurality of inlets arranged around an axis, a plurality of outlets arranged around the axis, and a plurality of bowed conduits arranged around the axis. The bowed conduits are structurally independent, connect the plurality of inlets to the plurality of outlets, bow outward from the axis between the plurality of inlets and the plurality of outlets, and provide thermal compliance to the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ahmet T. Becene, Michele Hu, Feng Feng, Michael Maynard, Michael Doe, Gabriel Ruiz, Ephraim Joseph
  • Publication number: 20200284531
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first flow circuit structure having at least a first portion defined by a plurality of conduits and a second flow circuit structure having at least a second portion disposed at the first portion such that walls of the second portion are disposed between the conduits and are free to move relative to the conduits. Fluid flowing through the first flow circuit structure is fluidically isolated from fluid flowing through the second flow circuit structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Maynard, Ahmet T. Becene, Michele Hu, Feng Feng, Michael Doe, Gabriel Ruiz, Ephraim Joseph
  • Publication number: 20200284518
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first fluid manifold extending along a first fluid axis from a first fluid inlet to a first fluid outlet. The first fluid manifold comprises a inlet header, a outlet header, and a multi-helical core section. The inlet header is disposed to fork the first fluid inlet into a plurality of first fluid branches distributed laterally across a plane normal to the first fluid axis. The outlet header is disposed to combine the plurality of first fluid branches into the first fluid outlet. The multi-helical core section fluidly connects the inlet header to the outlet header via a plurality of laterally distributed helical tubes, each helical tube corresponding to one of the plurality of first fluid branches and oriented parallel to all others of the plurality of helical tubes at each axial location along the first fluid axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ahmet T. Becene, Gabriel Ruiz, Feng Feng, Michael Maynard, Michael Doe, Michele Hu, Ephraim Joseph
  • Publication number: 20200284532
    Abstract: A heat exchanger header for receiving a first fluid includes a tubular primary fluid channel oriented along a first axis and having a first cross-sectional area. A first branched region adjacent to the primary fluid channel fluidly connects to a plurality of tubular secondary fluid channels, each having a second cross-sectional area, and a second branched region adjacent to each of the secondary fluid channels fluidly connects to a plurality of tubular tertiary fluid channels, each having a third cross-sectional area. The second cross-sectional area is greater than the third cross-sectional area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Ahmet T. Becene, Gabriel Ruiz, Feng Feng, Michael Maynard, Michael Doe, Michele Hu, Ephraim Joseph
  • Publication number: 20200263928
    Abstract: A core arrangement for a heat exchanger includes a first core layer disposed along a first plane and having an inlet and outlet oriented along a first axis within the first plane and a first core stage disposed in fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet. The first core stage includes a first upstream fluid intersection downstream of and adjacent the inlet and having a first inlet continuation and a first bifurcation. The first core stage further includes a first downstream fluid intersection upstream of and adjacent the outlet and having a first outlet continuation and a first recombination. A plurality of first core tubes fluidly connect the first bifurcation to the first recombination. The first core layer further includes a second core stage disposed in fluid communication between the first inlet continuation and the first outlet continuation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Ephraim Joseph, Michael Maynard, Michael Doe, Michele Hu, Feng Feng, Ahmet T. Becene, Gabriel Ruiz
  • Publication number: 20200141663
    Abstract: A core arrangement for a heat exchanger includes a first core layer. The first core layer includes first upstream and downstream ends, first and second parting sheets parallel to one another, and a plurality of adjacent fins disposed between the first and second parting sheets. Each of the plurality of fins extends from a surface of the first parting sheet to a surface of the second parting sheet, and longitudinally between the first upstream end and the first downstream end. The plurality of fins are further laterally arranged to define a plurality of first fluid passages. Each of a subset of the plurality of fins includes an internal slot positioned away from the first upstream end and the first downstream end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Gabriel Ruiz, Thomas James Killen, Daniel Bleeker, Michael Doe, Anthony DeLugan, James Streeter
  • Publication number: 20200041212
    Abstract: A counter-flow heat exchanger including: a primary flow passageway comprising a primary flow inlet, a primary flow outlet, and a plurality of primary flow subset passageways therebetween; a secondary flow passageway comprising a secondary flow inlet, a secondary flow outlet, and a plurality of secondary flow subset passageways therebetween; and a heat exchanger core comprising portions of the plurality of primary flow subset passageways and the plurality of secondary flow subset passageways, the secondary flow passageway being in thermal communication with the primary flow passageway in the heat exchanger core, wherein the primary flow subset passageways in the heat exchanger core and the secondary flow subset passageways in the heat exchanger core are oriented such that primary fluid flow through the primary flow subset passageways flows opposite secondary fluid flow through the secondary flow subset passageways.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Nigel Palmer, Ahmet Becene, Patrick McCord, James Streeter, Feng Feng, Luke Martin, Gabriel Ruiz, Joseph Turney
  • Patent number: 10487963
    Abstract: A clamp assembly includes a first arm, a second arm, a hinge, and a fastening arrangement. The first arm and the second arm each include a hinge end, a free end, a web between the hinge end and the free end, a curved portion between the hinge end and the web, and a curved portion between the free end and the web. The hinge pivotably connects the hinge ends. The fastening arrangement is configured to connect the free ends when the clamp assembly is in a closed position. The curved portions are configured to encircle a first structure and a second structure when the clamp assembly is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel Ruiz, James Streeter, Ryan Matthew Kelley, Michael Zager
  • Patent number: 10443959
    Abstract: An embodiment of a heat exchanger according to the disclosure includes a core configured to receive and place a plurality of mediums in at least one heat exchange relationship, and a first manifold connected to and in fluid communication with the core at a first manifold/core interface. The first manifold includes a first end distal from the core with at least one port adapted to receive or discharge a first medium of the plurality of mediums, and a second end joined to the core at the first manifold/core interface adapted to transfer the first medium to or from a plurality of first heat exchange passages in the core. A plurality of first guide vanes in the manifold defining individual layers for the first medium, and a plurality of second guide vanes divide ones of the individual layers into a plurality of first discrete manifold flow passages extending at least part of a distance from the first end to the second end of the first manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: James Streeter, Michael Zager, Ryan Matthew Kelley, Gabriel Ruiz
  • Publication number: 20190285363
    Abstract: An embodiment of a heat exchanger core includes a plurality of walls defining a plurality of layers in at least one heat exchange relationship. At least one of the layers of the core having a first load-bearing portion aligned with and adjacent to a first mount location on a perimeter of the core, and a first non-load-bearing portion distal from the non-load-bearing portion. A topology of the first load-bearing portion has a load bearing capacity greater than a load bearing capacity of the non-load-bearing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Gabriel Ruiz, James Streeter, Ryan Matthew Kelley, Michael Zager
  • Publication number: 20190285369
    Abstract: An embodiment of a heat exchanger assembly includes a first manifold adapted for receiving a first medium, a core adapted for receiving and placing a plurality of mediums, including the first medium, in at least one heat exchange relationship, and a core meeting the first manifold at a first core/manifold interface; The mounting structure supports a heat exchanger, and is metallurgically joined to at least one heat exchanger assembly component at a first joint integrally formed with the mounting structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan Matthew Kelley, Gabriel Ruiz, James Streeter, Michael Zager
  • Publication number: 20190285365
    Abstract: An embodiment of a heat exchanger according to the disclosure includes a core configured to receive and place a plurality of mediums in at least one heat exchange relationship, and a first manifold connected to and in fluid communication with the core at a first manifold/core interface. The first manifold includes a first end distal from the core with at least one port adapted to receive or discharge a first medium of the plurality of mediums, and a second end joined to the core at the first manifold/core interface adapted to transfer the first medium to or from a plurality of first heat exchange passages in the core. A plurality of first guide vanes in the manifold defining individual layers for the first medium, and a plurality of second guide vanes divide ones of the individual layers into a plurality of first discrete manifold flow passages extending at least part of a distance from the first end to the second end of the first manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: James Streeter, Michael Zager, Ryan Matthew Kelley, Gabriel Ruiz
  • Publication number: 20190285201
    Abstract: A clamp assembly includes a first arm, a second arm, a hinge, and a fastening arrangement. The first arm and the second arm each include a hinge end, a free end, a web between the hinge end and the free end, a curved portion between the hinge end and the web, and a curved portion between the free end and the web. The hinge pivotably connects the hinge ends. The fastening arrangement is configured to connect the free ends when the clamp assembly is in a closed position. The curved portions are configured to encircle a first structure and a second structure when the clamp assembly is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Gabriel Ruiz, James Streeter, Ryan Matthew Kelley, Michael Zager
  • Patent number: 6438877
    Abstract: Advertising medium, which, being designed to be affixed to a metal or similar surface, and which may have any shape as regards its outline, is essentially characterized by the fact that it is made up of a folded sheet of paper or other suitable material, with two or more sections, one of which holds a magnet while the remaining sections, all decreasing in area, which are positioned behind the side holding the magnet when folded up, have a window of a shape and size complementary to that of the magnet to allow the latter to pass through them and the unit as a whole to be affixed to the respective surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventor: Gabriel Ruiz Ruiz