Patents by Inventor Jesse Maxwell

Jesse Maxwell 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).

  • Hybrid loop heat pipe with integrated magnetically levitating bearingless pump
    Patent number: 12173965
    Abstract: A hybrid capillary and mechanically pumped loop heat pipe (HLHP) includes a fluid loop having an evaporator thermally coupled to a heat load, a condenser thermally coupled to a heat sink, a reservoir, and one or more magnetically levitating pumps configured to pump fluid through the loop thereby improving heat transport capacity and system stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Gabriel Goodwin, Evan Hyde, Jesse Maxwell, Kwok Cheung, Robert Baldauff, Triem Hoang
  • Two phase exothermic cooling
    Patent number: 11791510
    Abstract: A method of cooling a battery cell includes: atomizing a cooling fluid by driving it through a micro-nozzle at a pressure sufficient to create a jet of aerosolized liquid droplets while retaining sufficient momentum in flow of the fluid to travel from the nozzle to an outer surface of the battery cell; impinging the spray of the jet of aerosolized liquid droplets on an outer surface of the battery cell; partially evaporating the liquid droplets on the outer surface to conduct heat from the outer surface; and convecting heat from the outer surface of the battery via the cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Brandon Powell, Michael R Dixon, Jr., Jesse Maxwell, Rachel Carter
  • Hybrid Loop Heat Pipe with Integrated Magnetically Levitating Bearingless Pump
    Publication number: 20210302104
    Abstract: A hybrid capillary and mechanically pumped loop heat pipe (HLHP) includes a fluid loop having, an evaporator thermally coupled to a heat load, a condenser thermally coupled to a heat sink, a reservoir, and one or more magnetically levitating pumps configured to pump fluid through the loop thereby improving heat transport capacity and system stability without compromising maintenance-free, long life operation of a conventional loop heat pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Gabriel Goodwin, Evan Hyde, Jesse Maxwell, Kwok Cheung, Robert Baldauff, Triem Hoang
  • Two Phase Exothermic Cooling
    Publication number: 20200335841
    Abstract: A method of cooling a battery cell includes: atomizing a cooling fluid by driving it through a micro-nozzle at a pressure sufficient to create a jet of aerosolized liquid droplets while retaining sufficient momentum in flow of the fluid to travel from the nozzle to an outer surface of the battery cell; impinging the spray of the jet of aerosolized liquid droplets on an outer surface of the battery cell; partially evaporating the liquid droplets on the outer surface to conduct heat from the outer surface; and convecting heat from the outer surface of the battery via the cooling fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Brandon Powell, Michael R Dixon, Jr., Jesse Maxwell, Rachel Carter
  • HIGH POROSITY, LOW TORTUOSITY, VARIABLE-PORE-SIZE STRUCTURED TOPOLOGY FOR CAPILLARY WICKS
    Publication number: 20200309469
    Abstract: A heat pipe includes a a heat pipe wick having a gyroid or other periodic lattice structure, thereby providing relatively high porosity, high surface area, consistent pore size, structural stability, low tortuosity, and low convective acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Jesse Maxwell, Austin Phoenix, Charles Tenney