Patents by Inventor Gregory Minkiewicz

Gregory Minkiewicz 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).

  • Heat pipes integrated into a 3-D printed part
    Patent number: 11761369
    Abstract: An air cooled machine is formed with a housing and a plurality of heat rejecting fins with a heat pipe system disposed therein. The heat pipe system includes a primary passageway and a plurality of leg passageways extending through the housing and into each fin. A working fluid is disposed within the heat pipe system and is operable to receive heat from a heat source, change material phase at a threshold temperature and transfer the heat through the fins to a surrounding atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Mitchell Sanders, Gregory Minkiewicz
  • Integrated, variable flux path electrical generator for turbine engines
    Patent number: 10897182
    Abstract: A power producing apparatus includes a stator portion having a stator ring disposed proximate a housing of a turbine engine. The stator potion further includes a plurality of coils. A rotor portion includes a rotor ring having a plurality of permanent magnets disposed coaxial to the plurality of coils, and the permanent magnets are oriented with alternating polarity. Individual or a plurality of coils are configured to be selectively moved axially with respect to the rotor ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Joseph Merrett, Serhiy Leontsev, Daniel Gillaugh, Kevin Yost, Gregory Minkiewicz, James Hendershot, Jr.