Patents by Inventor John MCCAFFERY

John MCCAFFERY 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 TRANSFER TUBE, AIR-HEATED EVAPORATOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEAT TRANSFER TUBE
    Publication number: 20180274868
    Abstract: A heat transfer tube (2), in particular a finned tube, for an air-heated evaporator (1) for heating and/or evaporating cryogenic fluids, having a tube section (8) and a coating (15) which is provided on the outer side of the tube section (8) and has a hydrophilic portion (16) and a hydrophobic portion (17), wherein the hydrophilic portion (16) forms, in the coating (15), seed points (18), which are peripherally enclosed by the hydrophobic portion (16), for condensing air moisture thereon and wherein the seed points (18) have a size of less than 100 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Florian EHEGARTNER, John MCCAFFERY