Patents by Inventor Gerald E. LaPorte

Gerald E. LaPorte 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).

  • Solar heat collector
    Patent number: 4138997
    Abstract: An improved solar energy collector has a twisted expanded metal/bristle fin combination structure which provides improved energy absorbing efficiency, good peripheral stability, and efficient heat transfer capabilities. The structure is normally formed by wrapping and thereby expanding, a lanced sheet metal about a conduit in a spiral fashion. In the preferred embodiment, the outer peripheral structure presents a series of protrusions wherein every other protrusion is twisted at an angle with respect to the spiraling structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1979
    Assignee: Fedders Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald E. LaPorte, Charles L. Osterkorn, Salvatore M. Marino