Patents by Inventor Hélen GUSTAFSSON

Hélen GUSTAFSSON 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).

  • Publication number: 20230160644
    Abstract: A gasket arrangement for a plate heat exchanger, a method of manufacturing such a gasket arrangement, and an assembly comprising such a gasket arrangement are provided. The gasket arrangement comprises a gasket positionable between first and second aligned heat transfer plates of the plate heat exchanger with a lower side of the gasket abutting the first heat transfer plate and an opposing upper side of the gasket abutting the second heat transfer plate. The gasket arrangement further comprises a projection projecting from an outside of the gasket. The projection comprises an outer part having a length extension and being arranged to extend outside the first and second heat transfer plates, and a first connection part, connecting the gasket and the outer part of the projection. The gasket arrangement further comprises an RFID tag which at least partly is embedded in at least the outer part of the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventors: Anders NYANDER, Hélen GUSTAFSSON, Klas BERTILSSON
  • Patent number: 9400141
    Abstract: The invention refers to a plate heat exchanger comprising a first end plate (1), a second end plate (2) and a number of heat exchanger plates (3), forming first plate interspaces (I) and second plate interspaces (II), in alternating order. The heat exchanger plates comprise a first outermost plate pair (5), a second outermost plate pair (6) and intermediate plate pairs (7). The first end plate and the heat exchanger plates comprise first porthole areas (11, 12) for first porthole channels (13, 14) for the formation of inlet and outlet for a first medium to and from the first plate interspaces, and second porthole areas (21, 22) for the formation of second porthole channels (23, 24) for inlet and outlet for a second medium to and from the second plate interspaces. The first porthole areas of the heat exchanger plates of the second outermost plate pair form portholes and the second porthole areas of these heat exchanger plates are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventors: Helén Gustafsson, Tomas Kovacs
  • Patent number: 8662151
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger plate, and a plate heat exchanger including a plurality of heat exchanger plates. Each heat exchanger plate include a heat transfer area, an edge area, that extends around and outside the heat transfer area, and a number of portholes that extend through the heat exchanger plate and are located inside and in the proximity of the edge area. The porthole is defined by a porthole edge and has a center. The porthole edge has a first edge portion, that faces the edge area, and a second edge portion that faces the heat transfer area. The first edge portion has a corrugation seen from the center of the porthole. The second edge portion has a substantially plane shape seen from the center of the porthole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Alfa Laval Corporate AB
    Inventor: Helen Gustafsson
  • Publication number: 20110168371
    Abstract: The invention refers to a plate heat exchanger comprising a first end plate (1), a second end plate (2) and a number of heat exchanger plates (3), forming first plate interspaces (I) and second plate interspaces (II), in alternating order. The heat exchanger plates comprise a first outermost plate pair (5), a second outermost plate pair (6) and intermediate plate pairs (7). The first end plate and the heat exchanger plates comprise first porthole areas (11, 12) for first porthole channels (13, 14) for the formation of inlet and outlet for a first medium to and from the first plate interspaces, and second porthole areas (21, 22) for the formation of second porthole channels (23, 24) for inlet and outlet for a second medium to and from the second plate interspaces. The first porthole areas of the heat exchanger plates of the second outermost plate pair form portholes and the second porthole areas of these heat exchanger plates are closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventors: Helén Gustafsson, Tomas Kovacs
  • Publication number: 20090194267
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger plate, and a plate heat exchanger including a plurality of heat exchanger plates. Each heat exchanger plate include a heat transfer area, an edge area, that extends around and outside the heat transfer area, and a number of portholes that extend through the heat exchanger plate and are located inside and in the proximity of the edge area. The porthole is defined by a porthole edge and has a center. The porthole edge has a first edge portion, that faces the edge area, and a second edge portion that faces the heat transfer area. The first edge portion has a corrugation seen from the center of the porthole. The second edge portion has a substantially plane shape seen from the center of the porthole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicant: Aifa Laval Corporate AB
    Inventor: Helen Gustafsson