Patents by Inventor Gordon Leon Whitesell

Gordon Leon Whitesell 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).

  • Leak containment apparatus for reactive gases
    Patent number: 7448402
    Abstract: Fluid storage and leak containment comprising (a) a fluid storage vessel comprising at least one vessel having an interior, an exterior, and an outlet opening between the interior and the exterior; (b) a fluid flow fitting sealably connected to the outlet opening and adjacent the exterior of the at least one vessel, wherein the fluid flow fitting is adapted for withdrawing reactive gas from the interior of the vessel; and (c) a containment enclosure having an interior, an exterior, an open end, and an extraction port adapted for the withdrawal of gas from the interior of the containment enclosure, wherein the open end is adapted to fit over and around the fluid flow fitting such that the containment enclosure surrounds the fluid flow fitting and is adapted to collect any reactive gas leaking from the fluid flow fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lee Martrich, Gordon Leon Whitesell, Eugene Yin Ngai, James Francis DeiTos
  • Leak containment apparatus for reactive gases
    Publication number: 20080099075
    Abstract: Fluid storage and leak containment comprising (a) a fluid storage vessel comprising at least one vessel having an interior, an exterior, and an outlet opening between the interior and the exterior; (b) a fluid flow fitting sealably connected to the outlet opening and adjacent the exterior of the at least one vessel, wherein the fluid flow fitting is adapted for withdrawing reactive gas from the interior of the vessel; and (c) a containment enclosure having an interior, an exterior, an open end, and an extraction port adapted for the withdrawal of gas from the interior of the containment enclosure, wherein the open end is adapted to fit over and around the fluid flow fitting such that the containment enclosure surrounds the fluid flow fitting and is adapted to collect any reactive gas leaking from the fluid flow fitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Lee Martrich, Gordon Leon Whitesell, Eugene Yin Ngai, James Francis DeiTos