Patents by Inventor George Manchester Harpole

George Manchester Harpole 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).

  • System for delivering coolant to a laser system
    Patent number: 7584628
    Abstract: A cooling system is provided for providing a coolant to a laser system at a substantially set temperature. The cooling system employs a stratified thermal energy storage (TES) device that is configured to distribute hot coolant provided at an inlet port over a cross-sectional area of the TES device to provide a substantially uniform, stratified flow of a hot coolant that flushes a cold coolant from the TES device at an outlet port. The distributed inflow of the hot coolant provides a uniform downward velocity flow of the hot coolant and the cold coolant and takes advantage of an unmixed condition of the hot coolant and the cold coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventor: George Manchester Harpole
  • System for delivering coolant to a laser system
    Publication number: 20080000613
    Abstract: A cooling system is provided for providing a coolant to a laser system at a substantially set temperature. The cooling system employs a stratified thermal energy storage (TES) device that is configured to distribute hot coolant provided at an inlet port over a cross-sectional area of the TES device to provide a substantially uniform, stratified flow of a hot coolant that flushes a cold coolant from the TES device at an outlet port. The distributed inflow of the hot coolant provides a uniform downward velocity flow of the hot coolant and the cold coolant and takes advantage of an unmixed condition of the hot coolant and the cold coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Inventor: George Manchester Harpole