Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Kastner

Jeffrey Kastner 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 and systems for acoustic cleaning
    Patent number: 8984714
    Abstract: A method and system for a tone generator assembly are provided. The tone generator assembly includes a resonance chamber that includes a first end and a second end and a body extending therebetween. The body surrounds a cavity therein, wherein the first end includes a resonance chamber opening in flow communication with the cavity. The tone generator assembly also includes a nozzle having a bore therethrough. The bore includes an inlet opening configured to receive a flow of relatively high pressure fluid and an outlet opening coupled in flow communication with the inlet opening and configured to discharge an underexpanded jet of fluid when the flow of relatively high pressure fluid is received at the inlet opening. The resonance chamber and the nozzle are positioned relatively and sized to facilitate emitting a tone from the tone generator assembly having a frequency less than two kilohertz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: BHA Altair, LLC
    Inventors: Ephraim Gutmark, Jeffrey Kastner, David Michael Chapin, Terry Lewis Farmer, James Knox Shelton
  • METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR ACOUSTIC CLEANING
    Publication number: 20130081650
    Abstract: A method and system for a tone generator assembly are provided. The tone generator assembly includes a resonance chamber that includes a first end and a second end and a body extending therebetween. The body surrounds a cavity therein, wherein the first end includes a resonance chamber opening in flow communication with the cavity. The tone generator assembly also includes a nozzle having a bore therethrough. The bore includes an inlet opening configured to receive a flow of relatively high pressure fluid and an outlet opening coupled in flow communication with the inlet opening and configured to discharge an underexpanded jet of fluid when the flow of relatively high pressure fluid is received at the inlet opening. The resonance chamber and the nozzle are positioned relatively and sized to facilitate emitting a tone from the tone generator assembly having a frequency less than two kilohertz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Inventors: Ephraim Gutmark, Jeffrey Kastner, David Michael Chapin, Terry Lewis Farmer