Patents by Inventor Jan Szymon Illakowicz

Jan Szymon Illakowicz 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).

  • Method for attaching an air duct to a recuperator core
    Patent number: 6860011
    Abstract: A method of attaching an air duct to a recuperator core may include welding a pair of butterpasses along a length of each of a plurality of core portions, connecting the plurality of core portions to one another to form the recuperator core and a pair of butterpasses extending along a length of the recuperator core, and attaching the air duct to the recuperator core along at least a portion of the pair of butterpasses. The method may also include controllably moving a welding torch into the air duct and along substantially the length of the recuperator core and controllably welding each butterpass to the air duct along substantially the length of the recuperator core without adding metal to the weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce David Harkins, Jan Szymon Illakowicz
  • Method for attaching an air duct to a recuperator core
    Publication number: 20030182785
    Abstract: A method of attaching an air duct to a recuperator core may include welding a pair of butterpasses along a length of each of a plurality of core portions, connecting the plurality of core portions to one another to form the recuperator core and a pair of butterpasses extending along a length of the recuperator core, and attaching the air duct to the recuperator core along at least a portion of the pair of butterpasses. The method may also include controllably moving a welding torch into the air duct and along substantially the length of the recuperator core and controllably welding each butterpass to the air duct along substantially the length of the recuperator core without adding metal to the weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Bruce David Harkins, Jan Szymon Illakowicz